Purpose

This policy prescribes the separation pay processing functions of the military personnel system. It provides principles of support, standards of service, policies, tasks, rules, and steps governing required actions in the field to support processing eligible personnel for nondisability separation pay. This lump sum payment is provided to eligible regular and Reserve Component (RC) Soldiers involuntarily discharged or released from active duty (AD) or active service short of retirement eligibility.

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve when on active duty or active service, unless otherwise stated.