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NYS DMNAEducation ServicesBlended Retiremen..

If you have given between 8-11 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 8-12 YOS. BRS-CP is valued at 2.5x monthly base pay. BRS-CP does not affect any other bonus you may be receiving or eligible to receive. In return for BRS-CP you agree to a 4-year service obligation. Your 12-year anniversary is an extremely important date as once this date passes you will no longer be eligible for COPAY.

What is Continuation Pay?

BRS-CP is a one-time, mid-career bonus payment, in exchange for an agreement to perform additional obligated service. BRS-CP is a mid-career bonus that can be received by those SM that are in the BRS and are between 8-12 years of service. This is a bonus that is in addition to any other bonus a SM 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.

What is the Amount?

BRS-CP Amount CY25 is 2.5x monthly rate of base pay

What do I have to agree to?

Service Obligation: In exchange for the BRS-CP, Soldiers must agree to serve for four years of additional service in the component in which they are serving at the TIME 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 4 OR MORE YEARS LEFT ON YOUR CONTRACT YOU WILL NOT INCUR ANY ADDITIONAL TIME.

How to request Continuation Pay?

To process BRS-CP the Soldier must complete the request form and digitally sign and date; SM must then turn in the request form and their most recent LES that shows they are in the BRS to their BCC/Readiness NCO/S1. The BCC/Readiness NCO/S1 will then upload the request into ETL, and forward packet through appropriate channels to the State Incentive Team. The State Incentive Team will fill in the Block 6 (Control Number) and Blocks 9-12, uploaded to SM iPerms, and submit to NGB for processing.

To request BRS-CP please do the following (NOTE: you cannot request BRS-CP until you have reached 8 YOS based on your PEBD, and you cannot request it after your 12 YOS):

1. Read the CY25 BRS-CP LOI.pdf
2. The BRS-CP Control Number Request form is the document required to initiate CP election. Soldiers may initiate their CP request once they become eligible per requirements in paragraph 4.
3. The BRS-CP election packet will include the following provided by the Battalion Career Counselor (BCC) or Unit Administrator (UA):
   1. HRM-I BRS-CP Control Number Request form (Enclosure 1).
   2. Proof of Enrollment into BRS (Screenshot of MyPay Election or LES showing BRS enrollment).
   3. Screenshot of DTMS showing G09-COM-0006, “Prepare Finances for Continuation Pay under Blended Retirement System” training completion.
4. The packet will be submitted in ETL to the State BRS-CP Manager.
5. The State BRS-CP Manager submits the BRS-CP Control Number Request form to HRM-I for issuance of the Request for Continuation Pay (Blended Retirement System) election form.
6. State will upload the Request for Continuation Pay election form into ETL and route the request back to the BCC / UA for Soldier signature. Note: No edits are authorized to the BRS-CP Election form after issuance of the control number.
7. The BCC / UA will work with the eligible Soldiers to sign Block 7 of the BRS-CP election form. The only authorized form of signature on the election form are the CAC signature with date populated in the CAC field. Note: Soldiers must sign their BRS-CP election form on or before the start of their twelfth year of service based on PEBD. Once signed, the BCC / UA must return the election form to BRS-CP Manager through ETL.

Soldier past 12 YOS:

A Soldier who goes past their 12 YOS only recourse is to submit an Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) but this is 100% on you to complete. It is both a long process and is not guaranteed.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the NYARNG ESO, Mr. Kyle R. Murphy: 518-786-4314 or kyle.r.murphy.civ@army.mil.