“SHIFT COLORS” The Newsletter for Navy Retiree’s.. (Good info for Vets as well!)

September 23, 2008 by Da-Chief
Filed under Retired Veteran News, Seperated Vets News, Vets Issues

“I AM DELETING THE POSTS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION THAT HAVE CHANGE OF ADDRESS’S, We do not publish this Magazine. Please read the .pdf file it lists where to make address changes we have also listed it below.

Need to change your address for Shift Colors?
If you are receiving retirement pay or benefits
from the Navy, you need only contact the Defense
Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) at
1-800-321-1080.

Ask DFAS to update your correspondence
address. The change will automatically update the
Shift Colors database.

If you are a “gray area” retiree (a retired
Reservist not yet receiving retirement pay) call Navy
Personnel Command’s (NPC) Customer Service
Center at 1-866-U-ASKNPC (1-866-827-5672).

Surviving spouses who wish to continue receiving
Shift Colors upon their spouse’s passing should
call the NPC Customer Service Center or write to
Shift Colors at:

Department of the Navy
Shift Colors (PERS 00R)
5720 Integrity Drive
Millington, TN 38055

Be sure to include the
following information:
• Your full name
• Your current address
• Your full Social Security Number
• Your spouse’s full name
• Your spouse’s full SSN

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Shipmates,

I get this mag every quarter and they post it online as well.

I have uploaded it to our server and will continue to do so when I receive them. There is a lot of good info in here for retiree’s as well as Vet’s..

Take a look

“SHIFT COLORS MAGAZINE”

Da-Chief

Tags: Corpsman.com, Da-Chief, Retiree, Shift Colors, Veteran News, Veterans

xryverrhat

Shift Colors used to have a section for looking for shipmates we served with. What happen to this section & what is the chance of you brining it back? E-mail address is xryverrhat@bellsouth.net.
Thank You,
Larry J Peacock (USN Ret)

Harry D Johnson Sr

I retired in July 1995. Where can I get an official copy of my medical record. I believe that the copy the VA have is not a full copy. My e-mail address is as follows:

hjmaine@hotmail.com

WmRisOK

I, too, was searching for inclusion into the Shift Colors magazine, which I stopped receiving in the mid-2000s after retiring in 1986. So thank you for this unexpected service. I tried to access both the Shift Colors and the Retired Afgfairs Office links from the Navy Meidicine and Navy Knowledge Online sites, but I kept receiving a Dile Not Found error, so I will access through MyPaym as you recommended.

I also was an HM for 20 years, serving 14 of them with various USMC units, including the 3MD in RVN in 1968. My NECs included Lab Asst Tech and Preventive Medicine Tech.

Again, I appreciate your service.
william

leogeraldjohnson

I was on your website looking for updates on the Shift Colors Magazine cause I haven't received one since the Summer of 2008 and I noticed that the magazine that you have posted there is the same as I have .Summer of 2008.

richardprudhommesm1usnretired

I Haven't received a shift colors in a long time. My address hasn't changed. I still live in Winger, MN.

richhurst

I am trying to get on the email for shift colors. No luck.

Dave

For 2010 no cola, but a pay cut instead. WTF!

YTM180

I HAVE NOT RECEVED A COPPY OF SHIFT COLORS SENDE SPRING OF 2005.
HOW DO I GO ABOUT GETTING IT SENT TO ME IN HARD COPPY FORM.
THALES L. HUNSAKER BMCS SW RET.
414 VELMA ST.
GRANDVIEW WA 98930

theodorelynn

please bring back shift colors mail to us willing to pay for it!!!!!!!!!!!!

David L. Baxter

As a military retiree I did not get a COLA this year however, as usual, the retiree Delta Dental went up (like it does every year). Consequently, my military retired pay went DOWN by $20.00. How long is this going to happen before your "retired section" addresses this issfue. It is evident that VA compensation and active duty pay is going to keep going up and Social Security and retired military recipients are being put out to pasture.

Dorothea Anderson

I was told that Shift colors was only on line but you have a note telling us to write if a spouse
wants to receive the Shift colors.

edwardfdean

I have not recieved the shift colors since summer 2008. Is it still published? how do I continue to recieve it.Don't tell me to call 1-800 321 1080. I called that number and spent five minutes on the phone listening to a machine tell me to select numbers.Ten I finally talked to some one and they said they didn't have a clue.Goverment brushoff? If the news letter is still being sent to retires I would like to get it . Thank You Edward Dean

CHUCK STARK

IN THE SUMMER ISSUE 2008 YOU HAD A STORY ABOUT THE START OF E-8 AND E-9'S. I WAS WORKING THE ADMISSION UNIT AT USNH BREMERTON AT THAT TIME SETTING PEOPLE UP FOR THEIR PHYSICALS. THE OFFICE HAD A DUTCH DOOR AND ONE MORNING I HAD THE BOTTOM CLOSED WHEN I HEARD SOMEONE COUGH AND I TURNED TO SEE A MAN WITH A STAR ON HIS COLLAR. NOW HAVING NEVER SEEN A SENIOR OR MASTER CHIEF I DID HEAR THAT THEY HAD ONE OR TWO STARS. SO I SAID, "BE RIGHT WITH YOU SENIOR CHIEF". FINISHED MY TYPING AND TURNED TO SEE A BGEN IN THE USMC. YIPES, ME A HN. HE SAID THAT IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE CALLED A CHIEF.

jerryparchuleta

Are you still sending news letters in the mail? If so, I have not received any newsletters in over a year. My address is: 5941 108th Avenue, Westminster, Colorado 80020, my old address was: 155 cedar road, Evergreen, Colorado 80439. The name is: Jerry P. Archuleta USN Retired.

pat lackey

i'm in lake jackson texas. need new id card for wife. i'm retired navy

Philip Esbensen, CDR USNR RET.

I'm currently enrolled in Tri Care for Life. Will Obama's health care have any effects?

Hayden L. Clevenger

The last issue received was properly addressed, but I have had none for a couple of years. Is the newsletter still available by postal mail? Hayden L. Clevenger, USN Ret., 2720 Eastbrook, Lakeland FL 33811

Francisca G Yocum

My adrress in Costa Rica is:
P.O.BOX 428-1100 TIBAS
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
CENTRO AMERICA.
I would like to recive Shift Colors Magazine.
Francisca G. Yocum 441-09-3501

Francisca G Yocum

I would to recive Shift Colors to my address in Costa Rica.
I am a widow of Luther Woodrow Yocum 441-09-3501

My name is:
Francisca G. Yocum

Boats

I have not been getting the Shift colors for over a year for some reason. Please inform me as to start receiving it again. BMC Donald W. Harty USN Ret. Thank you, please respond A S A P

John Gee

Please change my home address to:

5151 S. San Fernando Ave.
Sierra Vista, AZ 85650

Old address:
5862 Bridgetown Ct.
Burke, VA 22015

Gery Bastiani

Has anyone heard on what we may see for our retired pay increase for the new year.

John Gee

I heard 5.8% in January.

John Gee

My reply was made on 12-5-08. I have heard 5.8% starting in Jan 2009.

James Lappin

I have just relocated and would like to provide Shift Colors with my new address

AWCS James William Lappi
4970 Lindsey Drive
Broomfield, Co 80023

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