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PPC Separations (SEP) provides the following:

• Duplicate or Corrected IRS W-2 Forms
• Final Pay Upon Separation from the Service
• Retirement Certificates
• Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan (RCSBP) Election Processing

Annually we process nearly 3,000 separations and distribute 130,000 W-2 forms.

Separation Processing Tips

• Retirees Now Have More Time to Transition Into Their Forever Home 
• Known Issue: Approval of DD-214s for Reserve Component Members
• PCS Entitlements / Advances, TLE and Separation Leave Calculator (updated 2024).
• Military Separations, COMDTINST M1000.4C
• Temporary Separations, COMDTINST M1040.

Reminder for Soon-to-be-Retirees: Beginning January 1, 2024, PPC/RAS will no longer accept versions of the Form DD-2656 older than March 2022 as your application for retirement pay. There have been updates made to the form that allow for more efficiencies in processing new retiree accessions.

Please submit your DD-2656 to PPC-DG-CustomerCare@uscg.mil at least 90 days prior to your date of retirement. Failure to provide this form - with a signature dated prior to your retirement date - will result in your enrollment in the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) for at least 24 months.

Be prepared: Take your mandatory transition training

​All members are required to take pre-separation counseling on the Learning Management System (LMS) or a transition seminar. Members are authorized to begin their transition one year out from separation or two years out from retiring. Contact your local transition manager or visit the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) website at https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/CG1/Health-Safety-and-Work-Life-CG-11/Office-of-Work-Life-CG-111/Transition-Assistance-Program/.

• Visit the Transition/Relocation Manager Contact List page for the name and email address of the Transition/Relocation Manager for your location.