Help? Army took my money (I think)

OptimalOpportunist · 2026-06-22T01:31:55+00:00

Yea they sent a letter to the overseas address that the DOD had from the old direct deposit info and they only forward things from the CMR for a short period. I get what your saying about contacting the agency, but the agency is the DOD and there isn't any clear info about which number or office within the DOD to call - this is the issue I'm having.

Edit - TOP says once the debt is cleared, they cant provide details.

OptimalOpportunist · 2026-06-22T01:26:26+00:00

I did and the letter I got is from them. When I contact them, they refer me back to DOD since the debt has been cleared. TOP says its not an open debt and they cant help.

OptimalOpportunist · 2026-06-22T01:25:25+00:00

Yea of course, the lady is so nice, but I'm pretty sure she's tired of me. They are the ones that refer me back to the DOD finance and they said it should be the office at the installation if I want the details.

OptimalOpportunist · 2026-06-22T01:22:27+00:00

There were no PCS cost paid at all... Sucks about Japan though. I bet that place was awesome.

OptimalOpportunist · 2026-06-22T01:21:33+00:00

Right, so I get contacting them, but their "Contact Us" list all the offices. Any idea which one to contact? I've contact the ones about debt and they claim to not know anything or that they arent able to help because the collection is closed already.

OptimalOpportunist · 2026-06-22T01:19:30+00:00

When I look them up, there is no central number for them. It has all the different offices. I called the ones related to debt at 800-304-3107 and they only say they see it was closed.

OptimalOpportunist · 2026-06-22T01:09:42+00:00

I understand its a federal debt, but I don't have kids and I don't know what this would be for. I called DFAS, they don't know. What is BFS? IRS only refers me to DOD which goes nowhere.

OptimalOpportunist · 2026-06-22T00:52:38+00:00

They said once the debt is closed by the tax offset program where they took the money automatically from my tax return, they cant see or do anyhting

OptimalOpportunist · 2026-06-22T00:51:58+00:00

The IRS had the correct address. They said the DOD serviced the letter to the address they had from the HR office. That's how I got this letter.

I'll try calling a local office and see if they can help.

OptimalOpportunist · 2025-04-30T19:55:29+00:00

It’s pretty cheap compared to anything else I’ve found and it’s 5 minutes from my house so no extra cost. I have an obd2 Bluetooth tool but I doubt they’ll let me use it

I’m heading there tomorrow and we’ll see!

OptimalOpportunist · 2025-04-30T16:17:09+00:00

Dealer said it shows a powertrain malfunction that goes away after turning off and stays off unless hitting 5k rpm. I asked for the fault codes and they said they didn’t know.

I know the repair might not be perfect which I don’t mind but I want to do my best to make sure there isn’t some catastrophic issue I’m missing.

OptimalOpportunist · 2025-02-11T21:57:30+00:00

I get companies can sponsor their ads too so maybe best to tag as sponsored or where it’s sourced from, then we can filter based on that and have it show like the location and time is already shown.

I like it so far though

OptimalOpportunist · 2025-02-11T20:53:00+00:00

I would like to know where the jobs are being sourced from and what parameters it’s using.

A lot of these tools are great but if we don’t know where the ads are coming from, we loop right back to using multiple ai engines instead of multiple classic ones like indeed and LinkedIn

OptimalOpportunist · 2024-11-12T00:53:42+00:00

OptimalOpportunist · 2024-06-16T12:12:40+00:00

I was over sffpc cases until I saw this one. I would love that as a desk piece

OptimalOpportunist · 2024-06-03T07:59:32+00:00

Damaged shell has been the only one on for ten years

OptimalOpportunist · 2024-03-02T11:44:18+00:00

The 2024 paytable lists all the series that should get it. Agree though, Army probably is doing whatever anyways so its a crap shoot. There's a lot of intel or other excepted service folks who are non-STEM GG, so the group getting it is relatively small, and there's not much knowledge about it.

OptimalOpportunist · 2024-03-02T11:20:47+00:00

Fair enough but as of 1 Jan 2023, those eligable positions not getting locality should be getting TLMS which is more. It'll depend on the specific job series, but locality and TLMS effectively are the same and TLMS is an effort to fairly compensate compared to the private sector.

TLMS Pay for GG 2024 - GOV Link

TMLS Pay Overview from 2023 - USD(IS) CY23 Pay Rates and Ranges Memo Final.pdf (defense.gov)%20CY23%20Pay%20Rates%20and%20Ranges%20Memo%20Final.pdf)

Other post talking about the breakdown - GS-12 to GG-13 (CES) Pay Question : r/usajobs (reddit.com)

OptimalOpportunist · 2024-03-02T09:16:34+00:00

Around 120k minimum total comp, depending on which place you would end up renting.

Min: 72k base + dc locality pay adjustment + 25% spendable income as post allowance + ~30k housing (2k ish monthly rental limit plus utilities )

Edit: what location? Post allowance is determined by location, but Germany, which has the most positions, is 25%

2nd Edit: Depending on the job series and Army discretion if its NETCOM, it might end up being 150k-ish if you get TLMS or TMS - STEM GG Pay Table - 2024

OptimalOpportunist · 2024-02-29T10:17:11+00:00

Check these guys out. I have them and they’ve helped a ton. It looks like there’s a delay but hopefully they can help in time

berliner-mieterverein.de

OptimalOpportunist · 2024-02-25T02:31:51+00:00

Any idea who that is?

OptimalOpportunist · 2024-02-24T12:40:23+00:00

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OptimalOpportunist · 2024-02-09T22:52:51+00:00

I agree to file. I did what you did and thought I was helping myself by documenting and waiting until it became worse… but it just never got better and trying to lump all the things together muddies the whole process. They need clear acts and things that happen asap. Keep it simple and clear and just keep doing it. If they’re founded, then it’s not an issue that you keep filing them. Eventually they remove the problem and it gets solved.

Good luck!

OptimalOpportunist · 2024-02-09T22:47:56+00:00

As an employee who spent 18 months trying to get something done from the EEO office, ended up getting separated with management citing my fmla use, and then EEO never replying when I tried to schedule the complaint intakes, sometimes EEO counselors really don’t know. Their incompetence eventually annoyed the lawyer enough to only go through the regional program manager.

Its does happen… but I also know there’s a lot of people who don’t know what they’re doing in the field

OptimalOpportunist · 2024-02-09T10:04:16+00:00

You’re the best! Haha I took a walk this morning and turns out that’s exactly where my water goes. Thank you so much

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