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Pre-Retirement

Questions and answers

You should review your Official Personnel Folder (OPF) to make sure there's a record of all your military and civilian service. If any of the records are missing, your employer should help you document the service and obtain any missing records.

If you elect to make a deposit to receive credit for military service you performed after 1956 in the computation of your annuity, you must make that military service deposit before you retire. If you are receiving military retired pay, you should discuss whether you must also waive military retired pay to receive credit for your military service in the computation of your annuity with the personnel officer at your agency.

Your personnel office can also tell you about receiving credit in your annuity computation for other types of potentially creditable service and about the payments described above, as well as help you with service documentation.

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