Lawmaker to Navy: Offer more 15-year retirements

"...A key lawmaker is seeking 15-year retirements for 172 sailors cut by last year’s Enlisted Retention Boards who would otherwise be forced to leave the Navy by Sept. 1. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Va., who represents part of the Navy-heavy Hampton Roads area and serves on the committee that sets defense policy, asked Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk to extend Temporary Early Retirement Authority to sailors selected for separation who hit the 15-year mark by Sept. 30, 2013. “Allowing this exception will provide additional ERB sailors in fiscal year 2013 the opportunity to apply for the maximum benefits allowable by law, which is consistent with the Navy’s objectives and equitable for those who have served this nation with distinction and honor,” Rigell wrote in the June 11 letter, a copy of which was provided to Navy Times..."

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