U.S. Army Bloggers Roundtable: Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay

U.S. Army Maj. Roy Whitley, the Army's Project Manager for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay, will provide a status update on the Army's first month of processing claims for this new benefit. The Department of Defense introduced Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay last month when it announced that service members, veterans and survivors are eligible to receive $500 for every month they served under Stop Loss between September 11, 2001 and September 30, 2008. Maj. Whitley will explain the Army's system for processing the estimated 120,000 eligible claims, as well as answer questions about receiving the pay.

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