MyPay Accounts for Gary Area Retirees at DFAS

Can Gray Area retirees have a Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS) MyPay account?

  Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve and Air Force Reserve Gray Area Retirees now have a new way to stay connected and informed between the time they stop drilling and the time they start receiving retired pay - a new type of myPay account especially for Gray Area Retirees. Gray Area Retirees who use the new myPay account to keep their contact information updated can benefit by receiving important information from DFAS and their Branch of Service, such as news about changes in laws or policies that impact your retirement benefits, reminders about applying for retired pay, and your Services’ Retiree Newsletter. Another major benefit, with current contact information in your myPay account, when you apply for retired pay, DFAS will email you status notifications: when your application was received, when it is being worked, and when it is complete.  With the new myPay account you can confirm or update your email/mailing address and, when you apply for retired pay, you can use it to make sure your direct deposit information is current.  For more info on this capability, and now to create an account, refer to the September DFAS Retiree Newsletter (see link in previous article).  There is also an entire DFAS page for Gray Area Retirees:  Gray Area Retirees (dfas.mil)  On the RAO website we have also posted an article from DFAS on the new Gray Area Retiree MyPay accounts with lots of great information on how to get started - Buckley Space Force Base > Units > Retiree Activities Office