Verifying points ensures credit goes to current year

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  • By Sue Deardorff
  • Air Reserve Personnel Center Personnel Programs Directorate
DENVER --  After Reserve Airmen have performed active or inactive duty and have been paid, the points earned will automatically update to the current retention/retirement year.

Airmen who submit for pay late (months or even years after the duty was performed) and the duty days fall within a previous retention/retirement year, the points will have to be adjusted to your record. This process is not automatic.

Since adjusting late points is not an automatic process, they may be lost. Lost points may result in an unsatisfactory service year until the record is corrected.

To correct the record, Airmen need to mail or fax ARPC's Points Management Branch a copy of the leave and earnings statement showing pay for the active or inactive duty.

By submitting forms on time, Airmen will save themselves the pain, worry and hassle of having their record show they are not participating and then having to correct it later.

Nonpay points
After Airmen perform active or inactive duty for points only, they submit the form to their MPF if assigned to a unit or to the Points Management Branch if an individual mobilization augmentee. Again, this is not an automatic process.

Submitting these forms late may lead to a year of unsatisfactory service. Please be aware, when the Points Management Branch receives late forms, they usually verify the dates of duty with the unit or Program Manager's office.

By submitting the records on time, Airmen are saved the aggravation of having their record show they are not participating and then having to correct the record.

Verifying points online
After completing duty and submitting the paperwork, Airmen can verify their points online through the virtual military personnel flight at www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/vs/.

The date of participation, type of duty and amount of points will be posted to the current retention/retirement year.

Nonpay active or inactive duty points normally take about two weeks to post to the site because it has to be manually updated.

If there is still a problem with the record, Airmen should call their MPF or supervisor. Chances are they can help locate the form and/or problem and move it on its way.