This page provides information on updates performed on the New Benefit Calculators. The list below starts with the most recent updates. Check back here to view specific information about each update.

If you are experiencing a calculator issue not listed here, please contact our Help Desk.

2025-06-18 Maintenance Update:

• General:
  • Changed the names of military installations to align with recent changes
  • Updated pay tables used in the calculators to reflect pay increases for junior enlisted service members that took effect 1 April 2025
  • Performed miscellaneous bug fixes and technical improvements to optimize the calculator user experience

• Retirement Calculators:
  • Final Pay, High-3, REDUX, and BRS--
    • Active duty points and retirement points from IPPS-A are now pre-populated in the personal information section on all reserve retirement calculators
    • Fixed an issue that caused the display of total creditable points for retirement to be incorrect for those in the Active Component but separating or retiring from the Reserve Component
  • Medical Retirement--
    • Pay estimate was moved below the PDRL notes on the calculator results page

• SBP Premium & Survivor Benefits Calculators:
  • Spouse and child birthdates now populate from DMDC automatically in the SBP Premium and Survivor Benefits calculators
  • For Active Component retirements, the Active Service Date (ASD) now populates correctly instead of using the Pay Entry Base Date (PEBD) in the Survivor Benefits calculator
  • Fixed a bug that was causing the Survivor Benefits calculator to stall and not continue after adding a child
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Survivor Benefits calculator to show $0 for the SBP amount in the survivor benefits report regardless of the choice of service member's duty status at the time of death; correct SBP now shows according to the duty status at time of death
  • SBP election in the SBP Premium calculator now defaults to Option C, immediate coverage, when no choice is made versus defaulting to Option A, no coverage

• Deployment Calculator:
  • Fixed an issue that based the pay rates in the report on the day of the calculation instead of the date deploying so the report is now more accurate
  • Fixed a bug that caused the calculator to recognize an invalid zip code; the calculator will now produce an error that requires a valid zip code be entered prior to proceeding

• Online Survivor Benefits Report (OSBR):
  • Only first names for spouses and children beneficiaries are now used in both the Initial and Interactive OSBRs
  • Corrected the benefit effectiveness date reference in the Initial and Interactive OSBRs to "Current Benefit" instead of "As Of (Date of Death)"
  • New information and fields were added to the Initial OSBR to allow adding a guardian and the guardian's contact information
  • The Initial OSBR now provides SBP annuity rates that include estimated cost of living adjustment (COLA) increases
  • Fixed a bug that caused a second household to show online but not in a download of the Initial OSBR