The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 includes a Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) Open Season. The SBP Open Season began on December 23, 2022 and ends on January 1, 2024. The Department of Defense, along with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) and the branches of service, are working on implementation guidance, forms, policies and procedures. For the most up-to-date information, go to https://www.dfas.mil/RetiredMilitary/provide/sbp/SBP-Open-Season-NDAA2023/. Check back on this page for Army-specific information. We will publish more information as it is received.

The Department of Defense Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) program was established by Congress in 1972 to give retiring Soldiers a way to provide a portion of their retired pay to their eligible survivors should they pass away. Choosing to participate in the SBP program extends a portion of the benefit of retired pay past the lifetime of the Retired Soldier to their eligible survivor(s).


SBP BASICS
DA SBP BRIEFING
RETIREMENT PLANNING GUIDE
RETIRED SOLDIER HANDBOOK
DOD ACTUARY SBP PAGE
SBP PREMIUM CALCULATOR
THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL READINESS
SBP OPEN SEASON 2023
SBP OPEN SEASON 2023
SBP OPEN SEASON 2023
SBP OPEN SEASON 2023 ENROLLMENT SBP FACT SHEETS
SBP OPEN SEASON 2023 ENROLLMENT RCSBP FACT SHEETS
SBP OPEN SEASON 2023 LETTER OF INTENT
SBP OPEN SEASON 2023 ENROLLMENT FORM
SBP OPEN SEASON DISCONTINUE FACT SHEET
RCSBP OPEN SEASON DISCONTINUE FACT SHEET
RCSBP/SBP SEASON DISCONTINUATION FORM
SBP-FAMILY PLANNING WHILE SERVING
SBP PLANNING WHILE SERVING FACT SHEET
SURVIVOR BENEFITS CALCULATOR
RESERVE COMPONENT SBP (RCSBP)
DA RCSBP BRIEFING
RCSBP FACT SHEET
INITIAL RCSBP ELECTION
MAINTAINING RCSBP ELECTIONS
RCSBP BASIC QUESTIONS
SBP PREMIUM CALCULATOR
SURVIVORS
SBP FACT SHEET - SURVIVOR OF RETIRED SOLDIER
SBP FACT SHEET - SURVIVOR OF A SOLDIER WITH A LINE OF DUTY DEATH
SURVIVOR BENEFITS CALCULATOR
SURVIVING SPOUSES PAGE
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL READINESS
CHANGES TO OPTIONAL CHILD ONLY