This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Under both CSRS and FERS, Fed. employees who have served on active duty in the military can have their years of military service (MS) counted for retire. eligibility and pension benefits. Contents of this report: Crediting MS Under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Fed. Employees¿ Retirement System (FERS): MS, Civil Service Pensions, and Social Security; The Post-WW2 Amend. to the Social Security Act; Servicemen¿s and Vets Survivor Benefits Act of 1956; Omnibus Budget Reconcil. Act of 1982; Social Security Amend. of 1983; Fed. Employees¿ Retire. System Act of 1986: Normal Cost of Pension Benefits; Employee Contrib. as a Percentage of Normal Cost; Interest on Deposits for Post-1956 MS. Illustration.