

Once MMSR-5 receives the forms, there is no further action to take. Please ensure contact information is up to date in Marine Online. This will happen automatically, so there is no need to contact MMSR-5 to initiate this action. If you are unsure if you are a Gray Area Retiree and eligible for retired pay, contact USMC Manpower Management Separation & Retirement (MMSR-5) at (703) 784-9306/9307, or by email at Information for Marine Corps Reserve Gray Area Retireesįor Gray Area members who are approaching their with-pay eligibility date, HQMC (MMSR-5) will send you a DD Form 108 (Application for Retired Pay Benefits) and DD Form 2656 (Data for Payment of Retired Personnel), approximately 5 months prior to reaching your date of eligibility. The time between their retirement from the service and the date when they are eligible to begin receiving retired pay is the “gray area.” The “gray area” applies even if the member is in the Retired Reserve Awaiting Pay. Gray Area Retirees are members who served in the Marine Corps Reserve, are qualified for retired pay, and have retired from their service (stopped drilling) but are not yet at the age where they can start receiving retired pay. In addition, with current contact information in the new myPay account, when DFAS receives a completed Gray Area Retiree application for retired pay, DFAS will send email status notifications to you, including: when DFAS receives the application, when DFAS begins working on the application, and when DFAS completes it. With your up-to-date contact information in myPay, DFAS can keep you informed about changes in the law or policy that may affect you and send you the Marine Corps Retiree Newsletter and the DFAS Retiree Newsletter. This basic “Future Retiree” myPay account provides Gray Area Retirees a convenient way to keep your contact information updated with DFAS during the gray area period, so you can receive important information from DFAS and from the Marine Corps.

It’s a new kind of myPay account created especially for Gray Area Retirees.

Gray Area Retirees can now stay connected and informed between the time they stop drilling and the time they start receiving retired pay.
#WWW MANPOWER USMC MIL HOW TO#
Gray Area Retirees – Marine Corps Reserve How to Stay Connected During the Gray Area
