B-204267: Mar 1, 1983

REPEALED A STATUTE THAT HAD AUTHORIZED A MARINE CORPS COLONEL TO HAVE THE BASIC PAY OF A BRIGADIER GENERAL WHILE SERVING AS ASSISTANT JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE NAVY. "MATURED" RIGHTS ARE ONLY THOSE THAT ARE ENFORCEABLE AT LAW. SINCE SERVICE MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE "MATURED" RIGHTS TO FUTURE PAY FOR SERVICES NOT YET PERFOMED. USMC: THIS ACTION IS THE RESULT OF A REQUEST FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF...

B-204267: Mar 1, 1983

GAO was asked to reconsider a decision which determined that officers serving as Assistant Judge Advocates General of the Navy had no continuing right to the basic pay for their assigned ranks after the date on which the authorizing regulation was repealed by the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act. In its prior decision, GAO held that no specific savings provision was included to prevent the...

B-204267: Mar 19, 1982

The Acting Secretary of the Navy requested GAO to determine what rate of pay Marine Corps and Naval officers should receive while serving as Assistant Judge Advocates General of the Navy. Under the provisions of the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act, officers serving as Assistant Judge Advocates General of the Navy are entitled only to the basic pay of the commissioned grades which they act...

B-204267: Mar 19, 1982

TO RIGHTS WHICH HAVE MATURED. USMC: THIS ACTION IS IN RESPONSE TO CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. HAVE RETAINED THE RIGHT TO BASIC PAY AT THE RATE PRESCRIBED FOR PAY GRADE 0-7 WHILE CONTINUING TO SERVE AS ASSISTANT JUDGE ADVOCATES GENERAL OF THE NAVY DURING PERIODS AFTER SEPTEMBER 15. WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT CAPTAIN HARLOW AND COLONEL EDWARDS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO BASIC...