Director's Message

Hello and welcome to the 2025 Spring Survivor Newsletter. Spring is in full swing, and we have plenty of information to share with you, so let’s get right into it.

If you are an Active Duty/Line of Duty annuitant, our Spotlight article has special information on SBP coverage for child annuitants.

The school year is coming to an end, which means school certification season is here. Please see our article about school certification to ensure qualifying child annuitants remain eligible for their annuity.

We are proud to announce our new askDFAS tips video on the DFAS YouTube channel. This video outlines all the askDFAS online tools to easily manage your SBP annuity account. Find out all about it in our askDFAS article. Another way to easily manage your account is via myPay, and we have an article to help you set up a myPay account.

We also have an article letting you know about two new communications we’ve started sending to some annuitants regarding the Survivor Benefit Plan-Marital Status Update (SBP-MSU) and whether they need to complete it.

It’s important to regularly review your Annuitant Account Statement (AAS). To help with that, we have an article offering tips on how to get the most out of your AAS.

Speaking of tips, we’ve also put together a variety of helpful tips in our “Did You Know?” article.  

Finally, the 2025 pay calendar is included in this newsletter to help you plan for the year ahead.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read our newsletter. We are always looking for ways to serve you better and provide content that’s valuable to you. It is truly an honor to serve the families of those who served. 

Page Updated April 30 2025