Supervise the Implementation of Financial Readiness Actions Flashcards
DEERS
Defense Eligibility Enrollment System
Those eligible for a family member ID card are:
- Spouse
- Children age 10 and older
- Children under age 10 if Soldier is a sole parent, divorced, or both parents are in the Army
- Dependent parents
Army Community Services (ACS) assist in 5 major areas:
- Deployment/Mobilization and Stability and support operations readiness
- Soldier and Family Readiness
- Relocation Readiness
- Employment Readiness
- Financial Readiness
___ is an Army sponsored fund relying on contributions and dedicated to taking care of Soldiers and their families.
Army Emergency Relief (AER)
___ is a comprehensive network of support and leisure services designed to enhance the lives of Soldiers and their families. Trips, movies, pools,
Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR)
5 Army Family Resources
- Army Community Services
- Army Emergency Relief- grants, scholarships
- Morale, Welfare, and Recreation
- Family Housing (on base housing)
- Legal Assistance Office (cannot represent you in court)- wills, tax assistance, employment.
SERVICE MEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 2003
-get out of leases, debts, when deployed
Other available assistance and resources OUTSIDE the Army:
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- American Red Cross
- Army Retirement Services
- Social Security Administration- disability and survivor benefits
___ provides health care options for family members and retirees.
TRICARE
3 TRICARE plans:
- TRICARE Prime- no cost share, no CHAMPUS deductible
- TRICARE Extra- reduced cost shares, with CHAMPUS deductible
- TRICARE Standard- most freedom of choice
DFAS (pay)
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service
12 Sections of Leave and Earnings Statement
- ID Section- pay, years of service, ETS
- Entitlements Section (BAH, Base pay)
- Deductions Section (Fed taxes, SGLI, medicare)
- Allotments Section (optional, savings, spouses account)
- Summary Section (totals everything above)
- Leave Section
- Federal Taxes Section
- Federal Income Contribution Act Section (FICA)
- State Taxes Section
- Pay Data Section
- Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Section
- Remarks Section
Section contains Pay date, years of service, and ETS (LES)
ID Section
Section lists the specific types of military pay a soldier is entitled (eg. BAH) (LES)
Entitlements Section
Section includes Fed Taxes, FICA, Medicare (LES)
Deductions Section
lists specific deductions the soldier has authorized to be paid to a designated payee such as AER , Tricare dental (LES)
Allotments Section
Section with computations made to determine a soldier’s end of month pay. (LES)
Summary Section
Contains data pertaining to the soldier’s leave for the current and prior fiscal year. (LES)
Leave Section
Contains Wage and Tax info. (LES)
Federal Taxes Section
contains data pertaining to the deduction of Social Security and medicare taxes. (LES)
Federal Income Contribution Act Section
reflects data used in computing certain entitlements such as BAH (LES)
Pay Data Section
TSP (LES)
Thrift Savings Plan Section
Provides information referencing any action affecting a soldier’s pay (LES)
Remarks Section
There are 3 important base pay dates in your records:
- Pay Entry Basic Date (PEBD)
- Basic Active Service Date (BASD)
- Date Initially Entered Military Service (DIEMS)
___ bridges the difference for a Soldier advanced to a higher pay grade but receiving less pay. It considers all pay and allowances to which the individual would be entitled if still enlisted.
saved pay
