Paid filing · email confirmation

Request retirement

Choose a kind of retirement and how fast it should be processed. Combined totals run from $1,000 (Enlisted 20-year + standard) to $25,000 (PDRL + command-priority). Pay after you submit, then wait for administrator review.

Kinds of retirement How fast it is processed Retirement history

Step 1 of 5

Soldier

Look up the soldier unique code. Confirm name, rank, unit, and duty station before you file retirement.

Step 1 of 5

Personnel file

This packet is filed against one service member. Look up the unique code on that record. Name, rank, unit, and station must match the person you intend to file for.

Soldier unique code Required

Codes are issued on the soldier file (letters, a dash, then letters and numbers). Type it exactly. Lookup is not a login — it only loads the record so you can confirm the right person.

No file loaded

Enter the unique code and look it up. The desk will not accept a filing that is not attached to a live personnel record.

Filer

Person filing this request, in any country. Use your legal name and a phone with country code. The name must match the ID you upload.

Relationship to service member Required

You are the service member named on this packet. ID must match the soldier file.

Given name(s) Required

Family name Optional

Full legal name Automatic

Email Required

Mobile phone Required

Alternate phone Optional

Date of birth Required

Must be 18 or older.

Sex Required

Place of birth Required

Nationality Required

Country of residence Required

Tax or national ID and home address

U.S. persons use SSN or ITIN. Everyone else uses the tax or national number from their country, or a passport. Home address is where you live now — any country.

U.S. person status Required

Tax identification type Required

Tax number from your country of tax residence.

Identification number Required

Visible only to administrators.

Country that issued that number Required

Address type Optional

Ordinary home, barracks street, or office address. Use the house number, street, estate, or village as the local post writes it. Any country.

Street address Required

House number and street, or the local equivalent (estate, compound, village).

Apartment / unit / landmark Optional

City Required

State / province / region Required

Postal / ZIP code Required

ID and photos

Passport, national ID, residence permit, or a driver license from any country. Photos save as soon as you pick them.

Government ID type Required

ID / passport number Required

ID issuing country Required

Issuing state / authority Optional

ID expiry Required

This national ID does not expire Optional

Face photo Required

Tap to add

Head and shoulders. JPEG or PNG. Saves when you pick it.

ID front / passport data page Required

Tap to add

All four corners visible.

ID back Optional

Tap to add

Optional. Upload the back of the card if you have it.

Retirement

Retirement type Required

Standard enlisted retirement after twenty creditable years. Lowest posted filing.

Category fee only. Packet extra is added below. The live floor is $1,000 and the live ceiling is $25,000.

Packet Required

Adds +$2,500.00 to the type fee.

Request Enlisted 20-year

Window —

Due $3,500.00

Effective date Required

The date you want retirement to take effect. Must be today or later.

Years of service Required

Total creditable years. Pre-filled from the enlistment date when a soldier is on file.

Last / current duty station Required

Installation, ship, or unit location on the retirement date.

Unit / command POC Required

First sergeant, supervisor, or S-1 who can confirm this retirement request.

POC phone Required

Duty or mobile number for that POC, including country or area code.

VA benefits counseling Optional

No VA counseling note on this packet. Does not file a VA claim.

Survivor Benefit Plan Optional

No SBP election noted. This is not an SBP enrollment.

Forwarding street address Required

Where retirement paperwork and mail should be sent after the effective date.

City Required

State / province / region Optional

Postal / ZIP code Optional

Country Required

Justification Required

A short justification an administrator can review. Do not include classified details.

Step 1 of 5 — Soldier

Request retirement

Personnel file

Filer

Tax or national ID and home address

ID and photos

Retirement

Settlement