TECHNICIAN MOBILIZATION BRIEFING

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TECHNICIAN MOBILIZATION BRIEFING

• Pay/Leave
• Federal Employee Health Benefits
• Federal Employee Group Life Ins
• NGAUS Ins Trust

• Thrift Savings Plan
• Effect on Retirement
• Additional Information

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Pay/Leave

• May utilize annual leave, military leave, and
  compensatory time
• Let it remain in account
• Use of annual leave in excess of 240 hours
  encouraged
• Completion of HRO Form 92
• With-in Grade Increases and Pay Adjustments
  continue

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Federal Employee Health Benefit

• Coverage can continue for up to 24 months in
  nonpay status (SF50s, Approved Contingency)
• DoD pays full premium
• Options
• Continue coverage
• Terminate Reinstates automatically upon Return
  to Duty
• Delay reinstatement (if applicable)
• HRO Form 92-1 Required upon Return To Duty
• Delay reinstatement for duration of TAMP (180
  days)

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Federal Employees Group Life Insurance

• Continue up to 12 months at no cost
• Must elect to Continue or Terminate coverage
  after 12 months
• Elect to Continue
• Pay employee and agency share of the premiums
• Must make payment arrangements before leaving for
  active duty
• Reinstated automatically upon Return to Duty
• Elect to Terminate
• Right to convert to a non-group policy
• Reinstated automatically upon Return to Duty

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NGAUSIT

• Call [phone] ext. 23155 to arrange payment
  of life insurance
• Disability insurance stops and is reinstated upon
  return
• HRO notifies NGAUS of Active Duty Status

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Thrift Savings Plan

• May make retroactive contributions upon Return To
  Duty
• Based on current TSP Form 1 in Official File
• Offset Uniformed Services Contributions
• Receive copy of memo to DFAS from HRO upon return
  to duty
• FERS Only Agency 1 memo
• TSP Loan TSP Form 41 Required

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Effect on Retirement

• May make a military deposit (buy back)
• No interest on deposit, if paid in full before
  end of third year from date of return to duty
• Rules of deposit
• CSRS before 1 Oct 1982
• CSRS after 30 Sep 1982
• FERS

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Additional Information

• 5 Days Excused Absence
• 42 Consecutive Days
• Support of GWOT Title 10
• Not cumulative
• Once every 365 days (12 months)
• Immediately upon Return to Duty (First day as
  active Technician)
• Reference HRO Memo 09-01, Excused Absence for
  Technicians Returning From Global War on
  Terrorism (GWOT), Dated 5 Jan 09

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EXCUSED ABSENCE SAMPLE TIMELINE
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HROEMPLOYEE RELATIONSTECHNICIAN BRANCH

• TECHNICIAN SERVICES/BENEFITS
• CW2 Cathleen Lentz Employee Relations
  Supervisor 717-861-8474
• Vicki Fetterolf SCDs, Benefits, Appointments
  717-861-8598
• Holly Adams SCDs, Benefits, Appointments
  717-861-8698
• Lois Lehman Retirement/Military Deposit
  717-861-8521
• Carol Diamond Workers Comp/WIGI, Tenure
  717-861-8644
• SPC Amanda Pham Standards, Appraisals, Awards
  717-861-8276
• TSgt Ryan Titzell Standards, Appraisals, Awards
  717-861-6271
• MSgt Jamie Tyler Military Deposits
  717-861-6980
• FAX NUMBER 717-861-8216

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Additional Information

• Must be submitted by supervisors
• Two SF 52s (Mandatory)
• Copy of official military orders (Mandatory)
• HRO Form 92 (Mandatory)

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Additional Information

• Able to apply and be considered for Technician
  Position Vacancies
• HRO Website New Announcements posted weekly
• Copies of signed application packets with a
  supervisor w/instruction letter (recommended)

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HROSTAFFINGBRANCH

• POC FOR TECHNICIAN STAFFING
• MSG Linda Reedy
  717-861-8602
• MSgt Sue Mindy 717-861-8893
• Ros Janze
  717-861-8381
• Elaine Duenas-Brown
  717-861-8108
• Cathy Hain
  717-861-8523
• Betsy Shultz 717-861-8893
• FAX NUMBER 717-861-8216

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