DD Form 108 Application for Retired Pay Benefits

How to Fill Out DD Form 108?

The DD 108 Form must be hand-printed or typewritten. The completed, signed, dated and witnessed documents should be submitted no less than 90 days before the applicant's 60 th birthday.

1. Indicate the appropriate address from the list provided above in Section 1. Section 2 requires your date of birth in the year/month/day format. In Box 3, enter your birthday at age 60 or Retirement Pay Eligibility Date (RPED) if you have one.
2. Indicate your highest Armed Forces paygrade held in rank/E-grade format in Box 4 and name in Box 5. Box 6b requires a SSN and Box 6a should be left blank.
3. Provide a mailing address in Box 7a. That can be either a home address or a P.O. Box number.
4. Enter a home or cell phone number in Box 7b. Provide the designation of your present organization in Box 8.
5. In case you attach an AHRC Form 249-2-E to the application, you do not have to fill in Box 9 through 17. Just sign the document and enter the date of signing in Box 19.

Detailed step-by-step DD Form 108 instructions can also be found on the second page of the form.

Filling out the DD Form 108 for Navy Reserves requires following the same steps described above. The retiree must enter the correct service (serial) number in Box 6a and enter the appropriate Armed Force and component in Box 9 for periods of service covered in Box 11. The form must be submitted in duplicate for Naval personnel.

Retired Pay Application Checklist

Several more forms are required to be submitted along with the Application for Retired Pay. All of them must be provided along with the retirement package retirees are given when leaving the Armed Forces. The package should include:

• DD Form 108, Application for Retired Pay Benefits;
• DD Form 2656, Data for Payment of Retired Personnel;
• Form SF-1199A, Direct Deposit Sign-Up;
• AHRC Form 249-2-E, Chronological Statement of Retirement Points (optional).