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Standard Form 3107
Revised May 2014
If you have performed such service, complete and
attach Schedule A, furnishing the requested information
for each period of active duty.
To receive FERS credit for military service performed
on or after January 1, 1957, you must pay a deposit.
The amount of the deposit is:
For service performed through 12/31/98
(3% of your military basic pay).
For service performed from 1/1/99 through
12/31/99 (3.25% of your military basic pay).
For service performed from 1/1/00 through
12/31/00 (3.4% of your military basic pay).
For service performed from 1/1/01 to the present
(3% of your military basic pay).
Read the information about survivor benefits found in the
pamphlet, Applying for Immediate Retirement Under
FERS, before completing Section D.
If you are waiving military retired pay for FERS
retirement purposes, your agency can help you
prepare your request for waiver. Attaching a copy of
your waiver request and the military finance center's
acknowledgment (if available) to your application may
help us to process your claim more quickly. (Even if
you have already waived your military retired pay to
receive benefits from the Department of Veterans
Affairs, you also need to file a waiver for FERS.)
Section C - Marital Information
Item 2: Indicate whether you have a living former spouse
to whom a court order awards a survivor annuity
or a portion of your retirement benefits based on
your Federal employment. If you answer "yes,"
you must submit a certified copy of the court
order and any attachments or amendments.
Section D - Annuity Election
(See pages 13-20 of SF 3113, Applying for Immediate
Retirement Under the Federal Employees Retirement
System.)
Survivor elections terminate upon the death of the person
elected. An election of a survivor annuity for a current
spouse in box 1 or 2 also terminates upon a divorce from
that spouse. An election of a survivor annuity for a former
spouse in box 5 also terminates if that former spouse
remarries before age 55, unless the annuitant and the
former spouse were married for 30 years or more. You
must notify us when one of those events terminating a
survivor election occurs. Also notify us if a former spouse
who is entitled to a survivor annuity under a court order
acceptable for processing becomes ineligible for the
former spouse annuity because of a reason specified in the
court order or because of a remarriage prior to age 55.
You must pay the deposit to your agency while you are
still employed. You may not pay OPM after you retire.
If you are entitled to have part of your retirement
computed under CSRS rules, military service
performed prior to your transfer to FERS comes under
CSRS deposit rules. These rules are as follows:
The CSRS deposit is 7 percent of your military
basic pay.
If you were first employed in a civilian position
subject to CSRS coverage before October 1,
1982, you do not pay the deposit and you are
eligible for a Social Security benefit at age 62,
the CSRS part of your annuity will be
recomputed at age 62 to delete credit for the
post-1956 military service.
If you were first employed in a civilian position
subject to CSRS coverage on or after October 1,
1982, you will not receive any credit for
post-1956 military service if you do not make
the deposit for it.
CSRS military service deposits must also be paid
to your agency while you are still employed.
Item 5: If you are receiving, or have applied for, military retired
pay or benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs
in lieu of military retired pay, answer "yes" to Item 5,
then complete and attach Schedule B-Military Retired
Pay. (Note: Military retired pay includes disability
retired pay and reserve retainer pay.)
This information is needed to assure correct credit for
military service. With limited exceptions, you must
waive your military retired pay to receive credit for your
military service in your FERS annuity.
You may receive credit in your FERS annuity for your
military service without waiving your military retired
pay if you are entitled to military retired pay awarded
for:
reserve service under Chapter 1223, title 10,
U.S. Code (formerly Chapter 67, title 10); or
a disability incurred in combat with an enemy of
the United States; or caused by an
instrumentality of war in the line of duty during
a period of war as defined by Section 1101 of
title 38.
Attach a copy of your retirement order from your
military service to this application. If applicable, also
attach a copy of your military service's determination
that your military disability retirement was service
connected and incurred in combat as described, or
caused by an instrumentality of war as described. Only
your military service branch can make this
determination; the Department of Veterans Affairs
cannot make this determination. If you do not have
verification of the type and conditions of your military
retirement, you should get the verification from the
retirement service organization of your military service
before you retire from your civilian position.
The law gives an alternate method to compute the
military deposit if an employee served on active duty,
and such service interrupted creditable civilian service
under subchapter I of chapter 84 of title 5, and was
followed by reemployment in accordance with chapter
43 of title 38 that occurs on or after August 1, 1990.
The employee pays no more than the amount of
retirement contributions that would have been withheld
from basic pay during civilian service if the employee
had not performed the period of military service.
Obtain counseling from the military before waiving
military retired pay for FERS retirement if you receive
or may receive Combat Related Special Compensation
(CRSC) or concurrent receipt of military retired pay
and veterans compensation.
Reminder: Even if you have waived military retired
pay or qualify for one of the exceptions to waiver, you
must pay a military deposit for your military service
performed after 1956 to receive credit for the service
in your FERS annuity, and the military deposit must be
paid to your employing agency before you retire.