1.
Description of Active-
Duty Military Service Available at No
Cost
To be eligible to receive credit for Active-Duty military
service (including Active Duty for Training for which a DD214 or comparable
documentation is available), the member must:
a. Have served on Active Duty as follows:
i. For PERS, in an eligible branch of the U.
S. Armed Forces (Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard), or in
the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service prior to
1972, or in maritime service during periods of hostility in World War II;
ii. For MHSPRS, in an eligible
branch of the U. S. Armed Forces (Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast
Guard) or in maritime service during periods of hostility in World War II;
b. Have not received a
dishonorable discharge, which for purposes of this regulation includes a
discharge for bad conduct, or discharge due to court martial, or discharge
under other than honorable conditions;
c. Have entered or returned to state service
after discharge from qualifying military service;
d. Be vested in his or her retirement system:
i. a member who joined PERS before July 1,
2007, must have a minimum of four years of membership service credit in PERS;
ii. a member who joined PERS on or
after July 1, 2007, must have a minimum of eight years of membership service
credit;
iii. or a member of the
MHSPRS must have a minimum of five years of membership service credit;
e. Not have credit for
this service in any other retirement system administered by PERS; and
f. Not have overlapping service
credit for the same period of time.
g. Service credit for service in the
Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service is only available
to those members who retire on or after July 1, 2002.
2.
Limitations
If eligible, the member may receive up to a maximum of four
years of active-duty military service credit at no cost. This period may be
extended if proof is furnished that the member was retained in the Armed Forces
during World War II or in maritime service during World War II by causes beyond
the member's control and without opportunity of discharge.
3.
Certification
a. The member must submit to PERS a copy (not
the original) of his or her military DD214 discharge form (or other
documentation acceptable to PERS) that verifies:
i. That the service was Active Duty
(including Active Duty for Training);
ii. The eligible branch of the Armed Forces
or Commissioned Corps in which the member served;
iii. The member's dates of service; and
iv. The member's discharge
status.
b. If the member
does not have a copy of his or her DD214, he or she may obtain one by
contacting the National Personnel Records Center.
4.
National Guard or Reserve
Service
a. Service credit is not
available for National Guard or Reserve Service. However, if the member is or
was a member of the National Guard or in the Reserve Service and was activated
into the Armed Forces of the United States (or Commissioned Corps of the United
States Public Health Service prior to 1972) as verified by a DD214, he or she
may be eligible for free service as provided under this section of this
regulation.
b. Weekend drills and
annual two-week training periods are not eligible for credit.
c. Military service is not allowed for
periods during which the member received credit for employment with his or her
public employer.
d. Neither the
National Guard NGB Form nor the U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center
Chronological Statement of Retirement Points will be accepted to establish
eligibility for Active-Duty military service.
5.
Military Service Performed after
Withdrawal from State Service
Military service performed after the member withdraws from
covered public service or retires does not qualify for service credit under
this section. In order to have military service considered for service credit,
the member must enter or return to covered state service after discharge from
active duty in the Armed Forces (or from service in the Commissioned Corps of
the United States Public Health Service prior to 1972). Should the member enter
active duty after retirement and later return to covered state service, no
service credit for active-duty military service is available for any period in
which the member was drawing a retirement allowance.
