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Show March HILL TOP TIMES 12, 1976 Page 1 BEWE-FfiCT- S OPEN HOUSES Retired Pay Inversion, Starting in October 1974, it was possible for members tn receive less retired pay by retiring after Oct. 1, 1974, than they would have received had they retired prior to that date. This disparity resulted from two concurrent happenings: (1) from October 1972 onward, inflation caused Consumer Price Index (CPI) increases to retired pay to occur at a greater and more frequent rate than active duty pay raises; and (2) a Comptroller General (CG) decision placed severe constraints on the save-pa- y provisions in law. Under the CG decision, a member could retire under the basic pay rates in effect at the time of his r etirement or those basic pay rates which were in effect for the preceding pay In an effort to inform management and employes of the discrimination equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaint system and the EEO counselors who review, counsel and investigate them, photos of the counselors will appear in forthcoming editions of this paper. The conuselors photos, names and telephone numbers appear on posters on all major bulletin boards throughout the base. An employe may contact the one of his choice. Directives governing discrimination complaints are AFR and a letter from the EEO Office, April 18, 1975, subject: EEO Program Complaint Procedures. Copies of the letter are also posted on all major bulletin boards and outlines detailed procedures for filing complaints 13 of discrimination. Mr. Speas served in U.S. Navy in 1944 and 1952. He and his wife reside in Roy and are the parents of a son, Clay, who is an honor student at Roy High School. Mr. is vice Speas Weber commander of the County Sheriff's Motorcycle Search and Rescue Patrol and is active in civic affairs in his home city. 4 M Monte Speas is a logistics management specialist in the COMPLETE KITCHENS From Our Standard Sizes: Management. He began his Hill career in 1943 as a mechanic learner. Through the years he has served as an electrician in Civil Engineering, rocket manager, trainer manager and logistics management specialist in the Landing Gear Ops Branch. Mr. Speas attended Ogdcn City schools and Weber State College. In 1975 he was nominated as the Counselor of the Year. 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What this restriction meant was that a member retiring after Oct. 1, 1974, could either retire under the October 1974 pay rates or the October 1973 rates, CPI whichever adjusted, provided the higher retired pay annuity. Similarly, a man who retired prior to Oct. 1, 1974, could retire under either the October 1973 or the October 1972 rate. Because of the inflation driven adjustments to retired pay discussed above, the October 1972 rates normally provided more retired pay than either the 1973 or 1974 rates. In summary, the combined effect of inflation and the CG decision was that members could be penalized for continued active duty unless they received promotions or longevity increases which countered the effects of inversion., Accordingly, the Air Force and other military services pursued legislation to preclude service members from being so penalized. After considerable deliberations, the military services agreed that an "individualized" save-pa-y approach would be both equitable to the member and the taxpayer. Therefore, the individualized appraoch was incorporated into the Retirement Modernization Act. However, in response to concerns expressed by active duty members, Senator Tower accelerated the legislative process by incorporating the individualized save-pa- y language in an amendment to the fiscal year 1976 Defense Procurement Authorization Bill. The Tower Amendment, as it was called. solves the inversion problem by guaranteeing a member that he will not receive less retired pay by remaining on active duty than he would have received had he retired at any time earlier in his career (assuming he met retirement eligibility criteria). The amendment does not guarantee a member that he would necessarily receive as much retired pay as anyone else with the same grade and years of service who had achieved the grade and years of service and actually retired at an earlier date. This is an important distinction which is the key to clause in the understanding the "individualized save-pay- " Tower Amendment. The inversion legislation applies to any member who was eligible to retire Jan. 1, 1971, or later. Since inversion first appeared in 1971, that date was necessary to insure that members would not be penalized for their decisions to continue on active duty. For the majority of the force, actual inversion did not occur until the Oct. 1, 1974, pay scales went into effect. 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