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Third round of voluntary civilian retirements starts May 2; more retirement seminars scheduled

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  • By Lynda Valentine
  • AFDW/PA
AIR FORCE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON --  To coincide with announcement of a third round of voluntary early retirement incentives for Air Force civilian employees within the NCR, AFDW Civilian Personnel is offering retirement seminars May 2 and 3.

The seminars are designed to help civilian employees make informed decisions about retiring from federal service and include briefings followed by one-on-one counseling on a first-come, first-served basis. Seminars, will take place at the Pentagon and on Joint Base Andrews at following dates, times and locations:

Pre-retirement :
-- 2 May: JB Andrews Base Theater, 8-10 a.m.
-- 3 May: Pentagon Auditorium, 1-3 p.m.

One-on-one counseling on Joint Base Andrews, 
--  2 May: 10:40-11:40 a.m., 1-3 p.m., Jones Bldg, Rms. 2460 & 2480
-- 10 May: 8-11:20 a.m., 1-3 p.m., Jones Bldg, Rms. 2460 & 2480
-- 15 May: 8-11:20 a.m., 1-3 p.m., Jones Bldg, Rms. 5460 & 5480
-- 16 May: 8-11:20 a.m., 1-3 p.m., Jones Bldg, Rms. 5460 & 5480

One-on-one couseling at the Pentagon 
--  3 May: 8-11:20 a.m., Rm. 4B143
-- 8 May: 8-11:20 a.m., 1-3 p.m.,  Rm. 4B143
-- 15 May: 8-11:20 a.m., 1-3 p.m.,  Rm. 4B143
-- 16 May: 8-11:20 a.m., 1-3 p.m.,  Rm. 4B143

Employees planning to attend one of the Retirement/Benefits briefings at either the Pentagon or Andrews must print out and hand carry a copy of the "Are you ready?" retirement handbook with them to the briefing. Copies of the handbook, which contains calculation worksheets, will not be available at the briefings.

The Air Force began offering this third round of voluntary early retirement authority and voluntary separation incentive pay - known as VERA/VSIP - May 1, 2012. AFDW civilian employees, and those Air Force civilians within the NCR who are serviced by AFDW Civilian Personnel, should have already received VERA/VSIP applications. [The application is also downloadable here.] These applications are due back to AFDW Civilian Personnel no later than May 18.

Applicants approved for the third round of VERA/VSIP will need to separate on or before Aug. 31, 2012.

For up-to-date information about civilian employment, voluntary separation programs and other personnel issues, or for more information about VERA/VSIP, visit the AFDW Civilian Force Restructuring website at http://www.afdw.af.mil/civilian/.