80% Rate for REAP based on aggregate service of 3 or more years
The monthly REAP payment is based on the amount of time you are mobilized for. Prior to this legislation the monthly payment was determined as follows:
The benefit payable under REAP is a percentage of the Chapter 30 three-year or more enlistment rate ($1,101.00 as of 10/1/07) click HERE for rates based on the number of days of continuous service on active duty.
* If you serve 90 days but less than 1 year, you will receive 40% of the three-year rate.
* A service period of 1 year but less than 2 years of active duty will pay 60% of the three-year rate.
* A service period of more than 2 years on active duty will result in an 80% payment of the three-year rate.
The new legislation has made the 80% rate available to anyone who was mobilized for at least 2 continuous years of active duty OR served multiple mobilizations totaling 3 years or more. All qualifying mobilization periods beginning on or after 9/11/2001 may be used to determine eligibility for the 80% rate.
Payment of the higher rate is not authorized prior to January 28, 2008, the effective date of the law.
