This page provides information on updates performed on the New Benefit Calculators. The list below starts with the most recent updates. Check back here to view specific information about each update.

If you are experiencing a calculator issue not listed here, please contact our Help Desk.

2025-07-16 Features Update:

• General:
  • If users do not complete all mandatory fields, the calculator will highlight unfilled fields in red and user must fill those in before hitting "continue"

• Retirement Calculators:
  • Reserve Retirements for High-3, REDUX, and BRS--

    • Introduction Screen improvements assist AGR members to get to the correct calculator

    • New fields added to the Personal Information screen for Date of Rank, Previous Grade, Previous Date of Rank, and Projected Grade to make the calculations more accurate

    • The Projected Grade and Projected Date of Rank fields are prepopulated with the current grade and current date of rank information; these fields can be manually changed

    • Field for Date of Retirement added to simplify calculation of total years and months

    • Date of Rank is now used for pay table changes instead of the PEBD, allowing better accuracy for High-3 calculations

    • New fields added to the Retirement Information section for 20-year Letter Date, Mandatory Removal Date, and Calculation for Retired Pay Age

    • Personal information inputs now display on the calculation results screen so users can see the information entered to perform the calculation

    • Added a TSP information section to the Retirement Information page, which includes a TSP dropdown menu for users to indicate whether to include or not include their TSP in the retired pay estimate 

    • Users can manually enter dates or use the date picker for calculator fields

    • Added the ability to perform Gray Area retired pay calculations

    • The 20 year letter date will prepopulate from MilPDS or calculate based on the user's personal information

    • The grades entered on the personal information screen will automatically populate on the Career Progression screen; users can manually change these if desired

    • Users can calculate Reduced Eligibility Age for Retirement, if applicable

    • Fixed a bug causing the reduced eligibility age for retirement to calculate incorrectly

    • Qualifying years for retirement is now based on the AYE instead of the PEBD

    • Removed the Active Service Date field from Reserve retirement calculator fields as it is not needed

    • Fixed a bug that caused estimated retired pay points to calculate incorrectly

    • Tool tips were added for Date of Rank, 20-year Letter, AYE Date, Previous Grade, and Mandatory Removal Date

  • Reserve Retirements for Final Pay--
    • New fields added to better assist those in this retirement system

• SBP Premium Calculator:

  • New fields added to the Personal Information screen for Date of Rank, Previous Grade, Previous Date of Rank, and Projected Grade to make the calculations more accurate

  • Field for Date of Retirement added to simplify calculation of total years and months

  • Date of Rank is now used for basic pay table changes instead of the PEBD, allowing better accuracy for High-3 calculations

2025-06-18 Maintenance Update:

• General:
  • Changed the names of military installations to align with recent changes
  • Updated pay tables used in the calculators to reflect pay increases for junior enlisted service members that took effect 1 April 2025
  • Performed miscellaneous bug fixes and technical improvements to optimize the calculator user experience

• Retirement Calculators:
  • Final Pay, High-3, REDUX, and BRS--
    • Active duty points and retirement points from MilPDS are now pre-populated in the personal information section on all reserve retirement calculators
    • Fixed an issue that caused the display of total creditable points for retirement to be incorrect for those in the Active Component but separating or retiring from the Reserve Component
  • Medical Retirement--
    • Pay estimate was moved below the PDRL notes on the calculator results page

• SBP Premium & Survivor Benefits Calculators:
  • Spouse and child birthdates now populate from DMDC automatically in the SBP Premium and Survivor Benefits calculators
  • For Active Component retirements, the Active Service Date (ASD) now populates correctly instead of using the Pay Entry Base Date (PEBD) in the Survivor Benefits calculator
  • Fixed a bug that was causing the Survivor Benefits calculator to stall and not continue after adding a child
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Survivor Benefits calculator to show $0 for the SBP amount in the survivor benefits report regardless of the choice of service member's duty status at the time of death; correct SBP now shows according to the duty status at time of death
  • SBP election in the SBP Premium calculator now defaults to Option C, immediate coverage, when no choice is made versus defaulting to Option A, no coverage

• Deployment Calculator:
  • Fixed an issue that based the pay rates in the report on the day of the calculation instead of the date deploying so the report is now more accurate
  • Fixed a bug that caused the calculator to recognize an invalid zip code; the calculator will now produce an error that requires a valid zip code be entered prior to proceeding

• Online Survivor Benefits Report (OSBR):
  • Only first names for spouses and children beneficiaries are now used in both the Initial and Interactive OSBRs
  • Corrected the benefit effectiveness date reference in the Initial and Interactive OSBRs to "Current Benefit" instead of "As Of (Date of Death)"
  • New information and fields were added to the Initial OSBR to allow adding a guardian and the guardian's contact information
  • The Initial OSBR now provides SBP annuity rates that include estimated cost of living adjustment (COLA) increases
  • Fixed a bug that caused a second household to show online but not in a download of the Initial OSBR