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Resolution No. 420
Correct The FY08 NDAA Reserve Retirement Pay Provision
WHEREAS, Since September 11, 2001, America’s reliance on reserve forces at home and abroad is unprecedented in our Nation’s history; and
WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act (FY08 NDAA) includes a provision allowing National Guard and Reserve members to receive retirement pay earlier than the normal age-60 by three months for every 90 days served on active duty after January 29, 2008; and
WHEREAS, more than 700,000 Reserve Component members have served on active duty since September 11, 2001 – including more than 150,000 who have served for two or more tours; and
WHEREAS, the overwhelming majority of these Reserve members, who have served bravely and honorably, are ineligible to credit their service toward an earlier reserve retirement under the FY08 NDAA; and
WHEREAS, this inequity shamefully overlooks the dedication and sacrifice of our Reserve members serving at home and abroad; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, that we urge the Congress to provide all Reserve Component members who served on active duty in support of a contingency operation since September 11, 2001, with eligibility for early receipt of retirement pay as outlined in the provision included in the FY08 National Defense Authorization Act.
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