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Post-Retirement Services Office
Services Provided
- Annual retiree appreciation days
- Support installation retired Soldier councils
- Retirement services for retired Soldiers and surviving spouses
- Advise and assist retired Soldiers and their spouses in applying for benefits
- Advise retired Soldiers and family members how to obtain copies of lost documents (i.e., DD Form 214, DD Form 220 (Active Duty Report), retirement orders and medical records), reissued military awards and military identification cards
- Provide retired Soldiers and their families with information and referrals for benefits/entitlements provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, TRICARE, Social Security, Medicare and other providers
- Inform retired Soldiers of their eligibility to receive employment services on a space available basis for the rest of their lives
- Use the DRAS to resolve pay matters and update personal information for retired Soldiers, family members and survivors
- Advise and assist retired Soldiers in maintaining their SBP and RCSBP elections
- Counsel and assist survivors of retired Soldiers and Soldiers who die on active duty about their SBP options and entitlements, and the proper processing of their SBP applications including counseling about VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation and its relationship to SBP
- Provide information and filing assistance for the Annuity for Certain Military Surviving Spouses
Volunteer Opportunities
Please contact the Post-Retirement Services Program Manager to volunteer for positions (listed below). You will receive credit for volunteering through the Army One Source program. All volunteer hours need to be sent to the Program Manager at usarmy.rheinland-pfalz.id-europe.mesg.usag-rp-ret-svcs@mail.mil.
- Retiree Council Secretary
- Retiree Council Member-At-Large
- "What Family Members Should Know" (Surviving Spouse Workshop)
- Retirees-Helping-Retirees
- Retiree outreach activities
Transition Center
- KMC: DSN 541-1410/ 1409 CIV 0611-143-541-1410
- BMC: DSN 531-2614 CIV 0611-143-531-2614
VA Overseas Military Service Coordinators (OMSC)
VA Overseas Military Service Coordinators (OMSC) are sent to Europe and funded by the VA to help Retirees, Veterans and transitioning Soldiers start a new VA Disability Claim.
- For Retirees: Either to start a claim or to try and increase their disability percentage
- For Surviving Spouses of Veterans: They assist the Spouses of Veterans in filing for any VA death benefits.
OMSCs come to USAG Rheinland-Pfalz the first Tuesday and Wednesday of every month on Kleber Kaserne, Building 3213 (3rd Floor-TAP Offices) from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Appointments are available using the QR code, link, or telephone at the below:
https://va.my.site.com/VAVERA/s/flow/VERA_Start?type=In-Person&office=0HhfE0000003ITR
Department of Veterans Affairs Overseas Military Service Coordinator (OMSC)-Germany
Office Telephone: 0611-143-548-4611
Cell Phone: 990-171-949-3549
Pre-Retirement Workshops
Baumholder
Kaiserslautern
VA Benefits Delivery at Discharge Workshops
Retirement Planning Seminar Information
Newsletters & Resources
Resources
Army Retirement Services (Soldier for Life)
MyPay (Defense Finance and Accounting Service -- DFAS)
DFAS Retired Military/Annuitant
Social Security (instructional video)
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
DS Logon (instructional video)
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) -- Veterans Administration is accessed via DS Logon and eBenefits (you must be enrolled in DEERS).