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Many Navy Reserve doctors and dentists had already made plans and arrangements with the expectation that they would be able to transfer from the ready reserve to the retired reserve. These Sailors felt that they had a special “fast track” deal where they were credited with up to four years of qualifying service. However, some of these doctors were told that due to a record keeping error, they owed the Navy another three years. The Navy side of this issue claimed that many officers were erroneously awarded the extra years with some retiring early when they were not supposed to.<\/p>\n

From NBC News:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That dentist had invested $2 million in opening a private practice in anticipation of retiring this summer. One of the physicians said he had sold his house and car to move overseas before learning he owed three more years.<\/p>\n

“I feel like I’m trapped,” another doctor said. “It’s terrible. It’s unfair. It’s dishonorable.”<\/p>\n

To retire with benefits, which kick in at age 60, members of the Reserves must accumulate at least 20 years of qualifying service.<\/p>\n

For years, doctors and dentists who participated in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program were awarded up to four years in retirement credit if they went on to join the Selected Reserve — the military’s primary source of backup manpower — after fulfilling their active duty service obligations.<\/p>\n

The Army, Navy and Air Force used that credit as an incentive to retain health care workers, who were considered to be a “critical wartime shortage speciality,” according to a 2002 Army memorandum issuing guidance on the policy.<\/p>\n

While the Army and Air Force confirmed it still allows doctors and dentists to use that credit toward retirement, those in the Navy Reserves started seeing that credit vanish from their records last year.<\/p>\n

In January 2022, one physician’s record reflected that he had accumulated 19 years of qualifying service. Six months later, it went down to 16 years.<\/p>\n

An official letter, sent by Navy Personnel Command last June and obtained by NBC News, said an “error was discovered” and a “review of all program participants’ records indicated that non-creditable time has been calculated as credible.”<\/p>\n

A “data migration issue” within the Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System “prematurely” awarded four years of service credit to officers, Cmdr. Rick Chernitzer, a Navy Personnel Command spokesperson, said in a statement to NBC News.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NBC News has the rest of the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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