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Congressional Research Service: 'Defense Primer - Military Separation & Severance Pay'
February 12, 2022
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following in focus (No. IF12042) on Feb. 11, 2022, entitled "Defense Primer: Military Separation and Severance Pay" by military manpower specialist:

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Congress has authorized separation or severance pay for involuntarily and voluntarily discharged servicemembers throughout most of the military's history. The purposes for these authorities has been three-fold: 1) to ease the transitio . . .

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