Originally Posted by
KennHC130
Thanks everyone for the help. Sorry I've been out for a few days. In looking back through what paperwork I have from 11 years ago, I can't find anything that addresses paying back the severance pay. My DD214 calls it severance pay, not separation pay if there is a difference. Looks like I've got some research to do. I guess I wish they would have told me this when I came back in, and not waited until after I was retired. Negligence is no excuse though.
My wife became pregneant with our second son and wanted off of active duty. She went to MPF and they said she could get out but would have to repay her AFROTC scholarship on a prorated basis. We went home, discussed it, allocated funds from our savings to cover the scholarship cost and went back to Personnel the next day. They started the paper work and a few weeks later she went to the MPF to outprocess. After much confusion we were handed a phone number of someone at AFPC and told to call them at midnight (we were in Japan.) When we made contact the person at AFPC wanted to know how much her scholarship was for so she could tally the repayment amount. We had a general idea, but weren't about to do the job for the USAF--it's their job to maintain records, not ours. They could not come up with a number and 9 years later she still has not repaid anything.
My last move from the USAF when I separated from AD, we were well over (about double) the weight limit for TMO. They said that we would have to pay for the amount we were over. I said OK, send me the bill. That was 5 years ago and I am still waiting.
my point is that the military is a bureaucracy and they can't coordinate anything. Get an attorney and fight like hell. It will cost a few thousand but will be a lot less than your severance pay!