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B-206550 1 (1982-10-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkro0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OECISION .( FILE: B-206550 MATTER CF: DIGEST: TlE COMPTROLLER OENERAL S'f •OF THE UNITED STATE3 WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 DATE: October 27, 1982 Sergeant Lynn D. Timm, USMC Marine serving in an enlistment period for which he received a regu- lar reenlistment bonus, received an early discharge for the purpose of immediate reenlistment for which a selective reenlistment bonus was payable. Recoupment need not be made of the portion of the regular bonus attributable to the unserved portion of the previous enlistment. The selective bonus payable for the new enlistment is computed only on additional obligated service which does not include the unexpired period from the previous enlist- ment. The purpose of the recoupment requirement in such a case is to prevent payment of two bonuses for one period of service which would not occur in this case. This action is in response to a letter from the Dis- bursing Officer, Marine Corps Finance Center, requesting a decision regarding partial recoupment of a regular reenlistment bonus in the case of Sergeant Lynn D. Timm, USMC. The matter has been assigned control number DO-MC-1136 by the Department of Defense Military Pay and Allowance Committee. The question asked is whether the service must recoup a portion of Sergeant Timm's regular reenlistment bonus because he was discharged early to immediately reenlist and receive a selective reenlistment bonus payable for the new reenlistment. The selective bonus is computed so as to exclude a period equal to the unexpired term of the prior enlistment. The answer is that there should be no recoupment of the regular bonus. Sergeant Timm reenlisted in the Marine Corps for 5 years on December 9, 1975, for which he was paid a $2,000 regular reenlistment bonus. On March 7, 1980, he

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