N R Subase Pearl Harbor HI Detachment 716 Mpls/St. Paul
Welcome to....
N. R. Subase Pearl Harbor Hawaii
Detachment 716
"We Served with Honor and Pride"
Fair Winds and Following Seas....
Joint Retiree Appreciation Day (JRAD)
The METRO AREA JOINT MILITARY RETIREE BOARD is again sponsoring its Joint Retiree Appreciation Day at Mystic Lake on the 25th of September.
This is an all day seminar which will answer your questions regarding your benefits as a retired veteran.
You will also be updated on the goings on which may affect you.
For full details and the registration form click here.
Volunteers Needed For Our Veterans
The Minneapolis Veterans Home is looking for assistance. Every year, they take residents out to the Minnesota State Fair. They are in need of people to volunteer to help push veterans around the Fair. Volunteers are assigned a particular wheelchair bound veteran around the Fair. The volunteer would stick with that veteran all day. The volunteers would stick together in a group. The group will be accompanied by staff members from the Veterans Home. If the veteran needs assistance, say for example with toileting, notify the staff and the staff will provide that. You would go to the veteran's home and ride with the veterans from the home, so you don't have to worry about driving there or paying for parking. The Veteran's Home would also pay for ticket to get into the Fair; however you will have to pay for your own food while at the Fair.
The Vets Home needs volunteers on the following days
1 person on August 26th (9:00 to 3:00)
2 people on August 30th (9:30 to 2:30)
6 people on September 1st (9:00 to 3:30)
8 people on September 3rd (9:45 to 3:00)
(Note, not sure if the times are times actually at the Fair or if the times to be at the Vets Home)
Volunteers should keep in mind that the residents at the Vets Home all have medical issues, could have dementia, etc.
Anybody who is interested in helping out, contact Sharon Marshall, the MPLS Vets Home Volunteer Coordinator, at 612-728-7369.
Lost Shipmate WebPage
gets new name!
The Lost Shipmates WebPage has been renamed after much thought.
The new name I have chosen for this page is now
Still on Patrol
I feel that the new name better represents our feelings for our departed shipmates.
Fleet Boat Websites
Capt. Anderson sent me the links to a couple sites which has some great stories and photos of 1940's Fleet Boats.
I visited the sites and found them both very interesting with lots of great photos.
Please take a few minutes and visit the sites. I am sure you will be pleased you did.
www.nonplused.org/panos/uss_pampanito/html/01.html
Special Extra Earnings for Military Service
Since 1957, if you had military service earnings for active duty (including active duty for training), you paid Social Security taxes on those earnings. Since 1988, inactive duty service in the Armed Forces reserves (such as weekend drills) has also been covered by Social Security.
Under certain circumstances, special extra earnings for your military service from 1957 through 2001 can be credited to your record for Social Security purposes. These extra earnings credits may help you qualify for Social Security or increase the amount of your Social Security benefit.
Special extra earnings credits are granted for periods of active duty or active duty for training. Special extra earnings credits are not granted for inactive duty training.
If your active military service occurred
- From 1957 through 1967, we will add the extra credits to your record when you apply for Social Security benefits.
- From 1968 through 2001, you do not need to do anything to receive these extra credits. The credits were automatically added to your record.
- After 2001, there are no special extra earnings credits for military service.
How You Get Credit For Special Extra Earnings
The information that follows applies only to active duty military service earnings from 1957 through 2001. Here's how the special extra earnings are credited on your record:
Service in 1957 Through 1977
You are credited with $300 in additional earnings for each calendar quarter in which you received active duty basic pay.
Service in 1978 through 2001
For every $300 in active duty basic pay, you are credited with an additional $100 in earnings up to a maximum of $1,200 a year. If you enlisted after September 7, 1980, and didn't complete at least 24 months of active duty or your full tour, you may not be able to receive the additional earnings. Check with Social Security for details.
Military Discounts
I received a list of merchants that give discounts to members of the Armed Forces and Veterans.
Chick here to view to list.
Military retired?
Nearing Age 60?
Facts you should be aware of....
You are responsible for obtaining your Retirement Package, completing all the forms and submitting your Retirement Package to the Navy Personnel Command 6 months prior to reaching the age of 60.
This process takes several months to complete.
To ensure you will be receiving your retirement checks at age 60 you need to complete all the ground work which should begin at age 59 1/2.
Also at age 60 you need to contact DEERS to obtain you and your spouses ID's
I have outlined the step-by-step process which can be viewed by clicking here.
Don't get caught short.
Your checks
arriving on a timely basis
depends on your action
at the appropriate time!
Also you will want to locate any supporting documentation you still have such as Point Capture Sheets and organizing this data and keeping in a secure place where you can readily lay your hands upon if needed to support your claim well in advance of becoming 60 years old.
2009 Det 716 Luau Attendance
Det. 716 aboard the
USS Los Angeles SSN-688
DD-214 On line
It's official; DD-214's are NOW Online.
The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) has provided the following website for veterans to gain access to their DD-214's online:
http://vetrecs.archives.gov/
This may be particularly helpful when a veteran needs a copy of his
DD-214 for employment purposes. NPRC is working to make it easier for veterans with computers and Internet access to obtain copies of documents from their military files. Military veterans and the next of kin of deceased former military members may now use a new online military personnel records system to request documents. Other individuals with a need for documents must still complete the Standard Form 180, which can be downloaded from the online web site. Because the requester will be asked to supply all information essential for NPRC to process the request, delays that normally occur when NPRC has to ask veterans for additional information will be minimized. The new web-based application was designed to provide better service on these requests by eliminating the records centers mailroom and processing time.
Please pass this information on to former military personnel you may know and their dependents.
March '88 Cruise Photo at the Dive Tower at Subase Pearl Harbor
Submarine Base Peral Harbor
This Website is Dedicated to all our Men and Women who are still Serving their Country with special emphasis to those who are serving in hostile areas of the world.
Detachment 716 salutes you.
When I first started this website it was intended to be simply a place where memories could be posted, a place where former Subase Pearl Detachment 716 shipmates could go to look at photos of people they shared a good portion of their lives with and read stories of events long past. It has become that and more.
Other Great Websites
Check out these other DOD, USN and Commercial/Private sites.
Basic Enlisted Submarine School
Submarine Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii at night during the Christmas season.
First Det. 716 Cruise photo March 1978.
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Barracks 654
Retired Reserve Pay Computation
The retired pay for a member who elects transfer to the Retired Reserve is computed using the average monthly basic pay rate to which the member would have been entitled at the highest grade satisfactorily held, had the member been on active duty during the entire period of the member's high 36 months. In most cases, this would be the average basic pay rate in effect for the member at ages 57, 58, and 59. The formula to compute the retired pay is as follows:
1. Divide all points credited in all years by 360 to convert the points into years of service, including fractions;
2. take the average of the last 36 months of monthly basic pay for the member's grade and length of service at the time the member becomes entitled to receive retired pay - age 60 (remember to include longevity increases while a member of the Retired Reserve);
3. multiply that rate by 2.5 percent of the years of service (up to a maximum of 30 years of service) computed in (1) above.
Sounds simple enough <grin>. Hey, I didn't write it, I copied it from an official site.
New law allows Veterans to render the hand salute!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: |
New Law Authorizes Veterans' Salutes during National Anthem |
