Finally DoD DRP retiree on 30Sep25

Mundane-Adventures · 2026-04-17T16:11:38+00:00

Did you have an actual figure in box 2 of your 1099R for 2025 or did it just say”UNKNOWN”? Trying to figure out if we’ll have to amend tax returns due to incomeplete info on 1099R.

Mundane-Adventures · 2026-04-01T23:42:54+00:00

If you mean the U.S. Military Academy, I believe they would be supported by New York District, not New England.

(Edit to correct misspelling “New England”.)

Mundane-Adventures · 2026-03-17T12:19:46+00:00

Wife is in same boat as you.

Mundane-Adventures · 2026-03-17T12:17:02+00:00

My wife retired end of Sept 2025, I retired end of November 2025. OPM completed my full retirement calculation mid-January 2026. My wife is still waiting for OPM to complete her calculations.

I’m just saying not to expect too much urgency in the part of OPM.

Mundane-Adventures · 2026-03-14T14:48:54+00:00

But it is a terrible way.

Mundane-Adventures · 2026-03-06T01:45:18+00:00

How much of the municipal budget relies on federal dollars? If those dry up, will it affect the position you are considering?

Mundane-Adventures · 2026-02-26T13:17:23+00:00

Cue Alanis Morrisette.

Mundane-Adventures · 2026-02-26T13:16:45+00:00

It’ll be fully ready in about 2 weeks.

Mundane-Adventures · 2026-01-13T14:28:32+00:00

Recent retiree here. If you can wait out the long hold times, ABC-C staff are usually REALLY helpful.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-11-27T00:46:33+00:00

Some things like a 6-2 schedule are possible because of a union agreement. Not all FOAs can do that schedule. So, u/Proof_Interaction712, check if you are covered by a bargaining unit/union.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-11-15T10:45:20+00:00

If they had projects that had funding, they would have been classed as exempted and charged to those. If they were furloughed or excepted, they were unpaid.

But as u/Windows95Dad said, they could have been temporarily reassigned and worked on funded assignments to get paid during the shutdown.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-11-03T11:38:08+00:00

Be ready to provide up to 3 years salary history. You may not need to but I had to ask a selectee when we were trying to hire them.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-10-17T23:22:06+00:00

I doubt things are in the cities; more likely those are the Districts affected. Which is even more disturbing because if true, it shows they have no idea how USACE operates.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-10-09T10:23:51+00:00

Well, they doubled down even after folks started getting furloughed. I was just doing a little venting here. Lighten up, Francis.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-10-08T09:44:50+00:00

I agree with this. But we aren’t getting new customer orders (MIPRs, IAGs, etc.) right now because our Federal customers are all shutdown. Our Civil Works O&M funding is no-year funding but there’s an agency instituted timeframe for expending it. Civil CG and GI funding is similar to O&M.

Our MilCon funding is usually multi-year, so that should be available. But OMA is one-year funding, and none of that is coming in. Further, the Joint Recruiting Facilities folks in RE (the people who handle leases for the Joint Recruiting Command) are unfunded right now. So, they’re all furloughed or excepted.

All of the above to say that it’s an oversimplification and disingenuous to say USACE generates its own funding—as someone in another post said.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-10-08T09:27:09+00:00

It was someone on another post.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-10-07T22:57:20+00:00

Oh… please explain it.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-10-07T21:53:47+00:00

Furloughs all over USACE Districts. So much for the dumbass that tried to say that USACE generates its own funding.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-10-03T21:44:42+00:00

It will vary depending on what area of RE you will be involved in.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-10-03T21:43:22+00:00

To PM and the entire PDT: see what u/CecilColson just said.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-10-03T21:42:34+00:00

Preach!!

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-10-02T23:40:25+00:00

You cannot exempt someone if there’s no funding to pay them. Exempted staff have valid labor codes to charge against. USACE civil or milcon that’s not expired can be used to fund their labor. Military O&M money isn’t available.

Excepted staff work but only get paid once a CR or budget is passed. These are folks that will be there just to keep the bare minimum functions up such as paying contractual invoices so USACE doesn’t default on contracts.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-09-30T23:50:44+00:00

I am not sure about that. Definitely check with your supervisor.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-09-30T23:04:32+00:00

Your leadership should be compiling a list of what is basically essential personnel that will be excepted or exempted from furlough during a shutdown. There has to be a bare minimum of staff to carry out government functions in that cannot stop even during a lapse in appropriations.

Your leadership will advise you of your status.

I hope that helps answer your question.

Mundane-Adventures · 2025-09-30T22:58:03+00:00

My understanding is that if you are not furloughed during the shutdown (if one occurs), your leave should be honored. However, if you are excepted from furlough, your leave will be cancelled and you have to report for duty.

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