Quick question: if you promote just before entering the IRR, do the 3 years time in grade have to be good years (i.e., must get 50 points) or can the years be bad as long as you stay 3 years before retiring? Got a friend who thinks it is the latter, I always assumed the 3 years time in grade had to be good years to retire at that rank. Don't want him to make a big mistake.
I think there are two different things here:
-A satisfactory year (where they won't threaten to kick you to Standby S2 Reserves) is 27pts.
-A "good" year for retirement credit is 50 pts.
I haven't really had to time to digest the blurb below, or look at the other references. I *think* you could do a "SAT = 27pts" year and be OK...but I'd do a lot more digging before I banked on that for my own retirment.
BUPERSINST 1001.39F says...
Per 10 U.S.C., 1370(d) and 12771, officers selected for promotion who have accepted promotion to the next higher grade must meet the satisfactory service-in-grade requirements listed below or request retirement in their previously held grade. Note
that officers who have completed at least 6 months of satisfactory service-in-grade and who are transferred from an active status solely due to the requirements of a nondiscretionary provision of
law requiring such a transfer due to the officer's age, physical disability, or years of service may be transferred to the Retired Reserve at that grade.
Grade Service-in-grade requirements for Discretionary Retirement
O1 through O4 6 months
O5 through O8 3 years
Note:
O5 and O6 service-in-grade requirements may be reduced from 3 years to 2 years as provided in 10 U.S.C., 1370(d) and OPNAVINST 1820.1. NAVPERSCOM (PERS-91) is approval authority for O5 and O6 service-in-grade waivers. For O7 and O8, retirements in current grade require Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness approval.