The special payments are $500 for every month the service members were held under stop-loss orders.
“We established this payment in the 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Act enacted in July,” said Sablan, Ind-MP. “Because our those who serve America deserve the best our government can possibly offer.”
He added, “This $500 per month payment will help these servicemembers who literally served beyond the call of duty. Those extra months of service placed a special hardship on these troops and their families and this payment helps to compensate.”
The retroactive stop loss special pay is available to servicemembers who had their enlistment extended or retirement suspended due to stop loss between Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 30, 2009.
Servicemembers from every branch of the military will receive compensation.
Servicemembers may begin submitting their claim for retroactive stop loss special pay.
All applications must be submitted to the respective services no later than Oct. 21, 2010.
Servicemembers must provide documented proof they were stop lossed with their claim.
Family members of deceased servicemembers should contact the appropriate military service for assistance in filing their claims.
