If you have given between seven and 12 years of service in the Armed Forces, you are at the mid-point in your career and have come to a decision point. To show the importance and value that you bring to the New York Army National Guard you are being offered the opportunity to receive a one-time mid-career bonus known as Blended Retirement System Continuation Pay (BRS-CP) that you can request between seven and 12 years of service. BRS-CP does not affect any other bonus you may be receiving or are eligible to receive. In return for BRS-CP you agree to a four-year service obligation. Your 12-year anniversary is an extremely important date as once this date passes you will no longer be eligible for CP.
BRS-CP is a one-time, mid-career bonus payment, in exchange for an agreement to perform additional obligatory service. This is a bonus that is in addition to any other bonus a Service Member may receive and will not count toward the limit in accordance with DoDI 1304.31 on incentive payments over your career, unless those other incentives specifically require consideration of this BRS-CP in the calculation of career incentives.
The CP amount for ARNG Soldiers who are not in an AGR status is 0.5 times the active duty monthly basic pay based on the Soldier’s rank and time in service.
The CP amount for AGR Soldiers is 2.5 times the active duty monthly basic pay based on the Soldier’s rank and time in service.
If a Soldier has completed more than 270 days of involuntary mobilization within 730 days (two years) of the CP request, at Soldier also receives 2.5 times the active duty monthly basic pay based on the Soldier’s rank and time in service. The date of the request is considered the Soldier’s signature date on the BRS-CP Election Form.
In exchange for the BRS-CP, Soldiers must agree to serve four years of additional service in the component in which they are serving at the time the BRS-CP is requested. The service obligation commences on the date of the Soldier's BRS-CP request.
NOTE: This means that if you already have four or more years left on your contract you will not incur any additional time.
Contact your Battalion Career Counselor (BCC), or unit administrator.
Soldiers are not entitled to BRS-CP after 12 years time in service. The only recourse for a Soldier who goes past their 12 years of service is to submit an Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR). It is a long process and is not guaranteed to succeed. It is also entirely the Soldier’s responsibility to complete.
