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active-duty and Reserve officer and enlisted
personnel under 62 years of age of the Navy,
Marine Corps,
Public Health Service, and
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion. Other services include quick loans, central
depository for documents, and assistance to the
family in obtaining all rights and benefits to which
entitled. For further information about the
association benefits, you may call 1-800-628-6011
or write to the following address:
Navy Mutual Aid Association
Arlington Annex, Room G070
Washington, DC 20370
Navy Chaplains
In addition to religious duties, the chaplain is
available for personal, spiritual, and moral
guidance, and for performance of marriages and
funeral ceremonies.
RECREATION AND
SPORTS PROGRAMS
Commanding officers make every attempt to
provide recreation and sports programs designed
to meet varied interests and desires and adapted
to the needs of personnel and the facilities
available.
Recreation
Most naval stations provide motion picture
entertainment, well-stocked libraries, hobby craft
shops, station newspapers, dances, parties, and
shows. In larger metropolitan areas, theater,
concert, and sporting event tickets may be offered
to service personnel at reduced prices and in many
cases free of charge.
Sports
Sports programs include organized competi-
tions at intramural, intradistrict, intra-area, and
intratype (or intertype) levels. Games and matches
between fleet and shore activities are stressed, and
interservice championships are held in many
instances. All-Navy sports championships are a
natural outgrowth of the extensive intra-
intermural programs.
Outstanding Navy athletes who believe they
possess the necessary capability and potential may
apply to the Chief of Naval Personnel for
permission to train for and participate in Pan
American, Olympic, and other international
sports competitions.
RETIREMENT
Retirement benefits available at the conclusion
of a Navy career are, in many respects, superior
to similar plans in civilian life. On a day-to-
day basis, the most important factor is that
the persons to whom the benefits accrue pay
nothing toward their accumulation. Personnel are
encouraged to accumulate personal savings or
investments to supplement their retirement in-
come. However, if they fail to do so, they may
still look forward to having enough income during
their remaining years from retirement pay and
subsidiary benefits for the necessities of life.
The Navy offers three types of retirement:
voluntary, statutory, and retirement for physical
disability.
Voluntary Retirement
Regular officers are eligible for voluntary
retirement after completing 20 years of active
service. Reserve officers (inactive duty) are entitled
to retired pay benefits after reaching age 60
provided they have completed 20 years of satisfac-
tory federal service (of which the last 8 years were
in a Reserve component).
Application for retirement is normally in-
stituted by the officer desiring retirement, but
acceptance rests with the Secretary of the Navy.
The full administrative process involved in retire-
ment is too lengthy for the purposes of this discus-
sion, but one aspect should be emphasized. A
physical examination is a very important part of
the retirement procedure. Discovery of any defects
that will alter the retirement status will be acted
upon. However, once the processing is completed,
that retired status cannot be altered except by
reason of disability incurred as a result of being
called back to active duty.
Statutory (Involuntary) Retirement
To ensure youth and vigor in responsible
positions and to prevent stagnation in grade, the
Navy has laws that require the retirement of
permanent officers and warrant officers at
certain times. They are required to retire after
reaching a certain age, after failing selection for
promotion or continuation, after completion of
a certain number of years of service, or a
combination of these elements. A compilation of
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