I think I found the $1045!
Add $1354 $1395, & $1434; the E-4 pay rates for 1996, ’97, ’98, and it comes to $4183, the high 3, and then multiply by 25% (10 years x 2.5%) and it equals $1045. Using the same formula with modern pay rates, my RAS amount would be $2394. Once the high three is...