Careers: Military--Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard/3 PRT Failures

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Expert: Rod Powers - 4/30/2007


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Sir,

I have a question, I have served 4 of my five year contact in the Navy and currently have 2 PRT Failures.  Is it true that I will receive some sort of severance pay once discharged.  I have heard that I will receive about half of my base pay.  Thank you!

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Hi K.R.,

I'm afraid I have bad news for you. Generally, involuntary separations for such matters as weight failure or PRT failure result in involuntary separation pay (commonly called "severance pay."

However, under Congressional law, to be entitled to involuntary separation pay, one must have six or more years of active duty service. In other words, with only four years of active duty service, if you are discharged for PRT failure, you are not entitled to any severance pay.

For details, see my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/pay/2007Pay/blsepenl.htm

Hope this helps!

Rod Powers
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.

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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.

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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).

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