you needn't even ask.
I could probably handle the fast part. (I suck at shooting!) Will you cover my '6' in this Foxhole? hahahaha
you needn't even ask.
According to reports by The Retired Officer Association (TROA) and The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA), the Act (Public Law 107-314), among other things, substantially eliminates the disability offset to retired pay for certain retirees with at least 20 years of active duty and:
(a) any disability rating (at least 10 percent) that is associated with a Purple Heart or
(b) a disability rating of 60 percent or higher that is due to a combat-related or operations-related disability.
Eligible retirees will have to apply for this new compensation.
TROA reported that because the Defense Department needs time to develop guidelines for approval as well as application forms and procedures, Congress made the effective date of the new payment 180 days after the President signs the law. He did that on Dec. 2, so the effective date of the new special compensation will be June 1, 2003.
DoD work -- to include establishing documentation requirements, approval procedures, guidelines and application forms -- is not expected to be completed before the end of April. Disabled retirees have been asked not to send inquiries to the DoD until the rules are announced.