Keeping your family's files current............
Extract from Army Echoes
Retired Soldiers and surviving spouses.... does your family know where your files and importrant papers are? If you died tomorrow, would they know where your bank account is, what insurance you carried and where the deed to the house is? If you haven't yet put together a packet of information for your family, a good tool to use is the Casualty Assistance Checklist which you can be accessed on the Army Echoes homepage at http://www.army.mil/rso/PostRetirement.asp under information for Retired Soldiers and Family Members. Complete the checklist and give it to your family to make things a little easier after your death.
RETIREES.... Are you an AKO user?
Log on now to https://www.army.mil and obtain an account. Retired Soldiers are no longer required to enter your Pay Entry Basic Date to prove eligibility. The only number you need to enter on the secure site is your Social security number. You can find the Army Benefits Tool which has links to sites for all phases of the Soldier Life Cycle. In AKO click on Self Service and then on my benefits.
Keeping your family's files current............
Extract from Army Echoes
Retired Soldiers and surviving spouses.... does your family know where your files and importrant papers are? If you died tomorrow, would they know where your bank account is, what insurance you carried and where the deed to the house is? If you haven't yet put together a packet of information for your family, a good tool to use is the Casualty Assistance Checklist which you can be accessed on the Army Echoes homepage at http://www.army.mil/rso/PostRetirement.asp under information for Retired Soldiers and Family Members. Complete the checklist and give it to your family to make things a little easier after your death.
RETIREES.... Are you an AKO user?
Log on now to https://www.army.mil and obtain an account. Retired Soldiers are no longer required to enter your Pay Entry Basic Date to prove eligibility. The only number you need to enter on the secure site is your Social security number. You can find the Army Benefits Tool which has links to sites for all phases of the Soldier Life Cycle. In AKO click on Self Service and then on my benefits.