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Military Transition
Your prior military
service could qualify you to continue to serve your nation at the Central
Intelligence Agency. Opportunities for qualified applicants are available in
the U.S.
and abroad.
If you join the CIA,
your military service could affect the benefits you earn as a federal employee.
The following information offers a concise description of what to expect in
terms of benefits when transitioning from the military to a career at CIA.
Annual Leave
Military personnel who separate from uniformed service (but not retired) receive full annual leave credit for service
performed under honorable conditions. Please review the chart below to see how
much annual leave you will earn each pay period based on the years of uniformed
service you performed.
Years of Military Service |
Hours/Pay Period |
Days/Year |
Less than 3 |
4 |
13 |
3 but less than 15 |
6 |
20 |
15 or more |
8 |
26 |
Military personnel who retire from uniformed service are
generally not eligible for annual leave accrual credit. Exceptions to this rule
are outlined below.
- Federal
Workforce Flexibility Act of 2004 provides that a newly appointed
employee's non-federal work experience may be creditable in determining
the amount of annual leave earned each biweekly pay period. Qualified non-federal
work experience (at least three years) must have been performed in a
position with duties that directly relate to the position to which he or
she is hired at the CIA.
- Actual
service during a war declared by Congress (includes World War II covering
the period December 7, 1941, to April 28, 1952) or while participating in
a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge is authorized; or
- All
active duty when retirement was based on a disability received as a direct
result of armed conflict or caused by an instrumentality of war and
incurred in the line of duty during a period of war as defined in 38
U.S.C. 101(11). "Period of war" includes World War II, the
Korean conflict, Vietnam
era, the Persian Gulf War, or the period beginning on the date of any
future declaration of war by the Congress and ending on the date
prescribed by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the
Congress.
Sick Leave
Your military service does not affect sick leave accruals. Full-time
employees accrue four hours of sick leave per pay period, or up to13 workdays
per leave year.
Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)
The Thrift Savings Plan is a retirement savings and
investment plan for federal employees and uniformed service members (visit
www.cia.gov/careers/benefits or www.tsp.gov for more information about TSP). If
you had a TSP account while serving in the military, you can merge most of your
account balance after you establish a civilian account. Tax-exempt balances
(contributions from combat zone pay) cannot be transferred to your civilian
account.
Military service does not count towards eligibility for
Agency Automatic (1%) contributions and Agency Matching contributions (up to
5%). New employees under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) must
serve a waiting period before becoming eligible to receive Agency
contributions.
Service Credit for Retirement
Separated (but not retired) military personnel can use their
uniformed service for credit toward civilian retirement by making a deposit to
the retirement fund of 7 percent (for Civil Service Retirement System - CSRS)
or 3 percent (for FERS) of basic military pay.
Retired military personnel can use their uniformed service
towards civilian retirement by making a deposit to the retirement fund and
waiving their military retirement pay at their civilian retirement. If a
military retiree wants to keep his/her military retirement pay he/she cannot
use the military service towards civilian retirement.
Dual-compensation Rules for Retired Military Personnel Repealed
Retired military personnel no longer receive reductions to
their retired or retainer pay when employed in a civilian office or position of
the U.S. Government. The repeal ends two former reductions in military retired
pay that applied to some federal employees:
- the
pay cap that limited the combined total of Federal civilian basic salary
plus military retired pay to $110,700 (Executive Level V) for all federal
employees who are retirees of a uniformed service; and
- the
partial reduction in retired pay required of retired officers of a regular
component of a uniformed service.
Military Leave Accrual for National Guard or Reserves
Duty
Employees who serve in the National Guard or Reserves for
Active Duty or Training receive the following leave military leave benefits:
- Full-time
employees serving in the National Guard or the Reserves accrue 15 days
(120 hours) of military leave for each fiscal year (October 1 – September
30). Accrual rates for part-time employees are prorated.
- Unused
Military Leave, up to 120 hours, is carried into the new fiscal year; and
any unused leave over 120 hours is forfeited.
- Employees
on Military Leave receive civilian and military pay.
Military Leave Insurrection
Employees required for emergency duty (for law enforcement
or the protection of life and property) as ordered by the President or a State
Governor, or in support of contingency operations as defined in 10 U.S.C.
101(A)(13), receive the following leave military leave benefits:
- Employees
earn up to 22 days per calendar year.
- Leave
cannot be carried over into the next calendar year.
- Civilian
salary is reduced by the amount of pay for the days of military leave. An
employee may choose to take annual instead of military leave and receive
both military and civilian pay.
Posted: May 04, 2007 06:26 PM
Last Updated: Feb 11, 2008 08:55 AM
Last Reviewed: May 04, 2007 06:26 PM