Retirement Services Office (RSO)

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Mission: Army Retirement Services, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA), provides information on benefits and entitlements to active duty Soldiers and Families preparing for retirement and to Retired Soldiers and Families through Army installation Retirement Services Officers (RSO). In accordance with AR 600-8-7, Army Retirement Services develops Army policy and procedures for the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) program; publishes the HQDA bulletin for the Retired Soldier Army Echoes; develops policy for the operation of the Army installation Retirement Services Program; and administers the Army Chief of Staff's (CSA) Retiree Council.

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RADs in the Near Future

  • Sep 26  Duluth, MN  
    (218) 725-5285
  • Sep 27  Albany, NY (Watervliet Arsenal)  
    (518)266-5810
  • Sep 27  Ft Bliss, TX  
    (915) 568-5204
  • Sep 27  Ft Hamilton, NY  
    (718) 630-4552
  • Sep 27  Ft Huachuca, AZ  
    (520) 533-5733
  • Sep 27  Ft Lee, VA  
    (804) 734-6973
  • Sep 27  Houston, TX  
    (210) 221-9004
  • Sep 27  Nellis AFB, NV  
    (702) 652-9978

Complete RADs List

What’s New

  1. Posted Issue 3, Sep - Dec 2008, Echoes - PDF 275 Kb.
  2. Posted updated 15 September 2008, RSO Current News - PDF 155 Kb.
  3. Posted updated September 2008, versions of the following documents: Retirement Services Officer Roster - PDF 324 Kb and RSO trifold - PDF 53 Kb.
  4. Updated the following Survivor Benefit documents: Survivor Benefit Plan Slides, The Simple Facts, Child Coverage Fact Sheet, and Former Spouse Fact Sheet posted August 2008.
  5. Please take the “Army RSO Echoes Reader Survey” so we can better serve you.