Special Promotions Home Page TROA's Survivor Program Goals for 2001 1. The earliest SBP enrollees, who also paid years of higher premiums, shouldn't wait 36 years for paid-up SBP status vs. 30 for enrollees retired after 1978.
Survivors now receive less if members are killed instantly vs. being disability retired.
Death should be recognized as the ultimate disability. Authorize supplemental family SGLI coverage, similar to coverage offered federal civilian families. Loss of a working spouse too often imposes financial hardship as well as personal loss. Continue DIC annuity for qualifying widows who remarry after age 55.