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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by jki275 on Sunday October 13, 2024 @10:17PM (#41833614)
That retirement plan no longer exists just for the record.

The "total compensation" numbers that military recruiters tout are not actually real.

I know, I lived it for 23 years.

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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by Barracoon on Monday October 14, 2024 @01:58PM (#41840041)
BRS still pays at least 40% of base, plus potentially more via TSP assuming people are moving out of the G fund.
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Re:Fish Out of Water: The Military Is an Impossible Place fo... by jki275 on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @04:02PM (#41852529)
Only if you do 20 years.

That's the thing people don't understand about all that -- those fake numbers are including a pension that for the majority of people who are in the military will never exist.

BRS was an attempt to give those people something, so they have some TSP matching, but even that only kicks in after six years IIRC.

Also DOD healthcare is worth every penny the service-member pays for it.

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