myPay: The Key to Controlling Your Pay

Retirees and annuitants can receive the new Retired and Annuitant Pay Newsletter via e-mail by signing up at DFAS’ myPay Web site. Only those with myPay accounts and valid e-mail addresses will receive invitations to subscribe. Each newsletter will contain articles on new entitlements, changes to retiree pay and the latest legislative initiatives. 

Retirees and annuitants that haven’t signed up for the newsletter can visit myPay at https://mypay.dfas.mil. Once they have a myPay account and included a valid e-mail address, retirees and annuitants can sign up for electronic delivery of the newsletter by clicking on the link included on the myPay login screen.

New myPay users will soon discover the ease and convenience of monitoring their pay accounts online, as well as changing tax withholding information, starting or stopping allotments and updating bank information for direct deposit of their monthly pay. Of course, myPay users can also access their IRS 1099-R forms online weeks before receiving them in the mail, giving them a jump on completing their IRS tax forms (and getting their refunds quicker).

Security is always a concern in today’s society and myPay is no exception. Current and future myPay account holders can rest assured that DFAS is committed to providing access to information and management using the latest in online security. myPay has always met or exceeded industry-standard security measures to protect user’s privacy. That’s why 3,422,536 DFAS customers, from active duty military to National Guard, retirees and annuitants are current myPay users. Each knows the peace of mind that myPay offers when managing their pay accounts with the best security available. In fact, identity theft protection is greater for myPay users than for those who rely on “snail mail” to transact their financial business.

The latest security enhancement available to myPay users is the ability to change their login identification (ID) along with their personal identification number (PIN). This allows users accessing the system to use their own unique (and easily remembered) login information without relying on their Social Security number to enter myPay. Users can make these changes by logging into myPay and clicking on Personal Settings Page. Links for changing PINs and LOGIN ID are provided.

While the myPay planners and programmers work on a number of future enhancements, they are also putting the finishing touches on a new feature that will be unveiled next year. Once launched, this new feature will provide retiree and annuitant users to receive e-mail confirmation of the changes they make to their pay accounts when using myPay.

Future issues of the Retired and Annuitant Pay Newsletter will feature more articles on how retirees, annuitants and their representatives can use myPay to make their lives easier, simpler and more secure.