Limitations on Eligibility for Separation Pay

Eligibility of Regular and Reserve Enlisted Personnel for Separation Pay
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results in conviction, confinement while serving a court- martial sentence, or time lost

while not in the line of duty. Count time served to make good lost time.

Limitations on Eligibility for Separation Pay. Members separated under the following

circumstances are not eligible for separation pay:

(1) The member is separated from active duty at his or her own request. The following

examples shall be considered to be a separation at the member's own request:

(a) A member who declines training to qualify for a new skill or rating or who

refuses to obligate service for a PCS transfer as a precondition to reenlistment or

continuation on active duty.

(b) A member who requests separation as provided for in reference (c) or under

regulations established by the Commandant.

(2) The member is separated from active duty during an initial term of enlistment or an

initial period of obligated service. The initial term of enlistment or initial period of

obligated service is the active service obligation that the member incurred upon initial

enlistment. This limitation also applies to a member who desires to reenlist or

continue at the conclusion of the initial term of enlistment or an initial period of

obligation and is denied by the Commandant.