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Re:Undiagnosed Cognitive Decline Eats into Seniors' Retireme... by HWR_14 on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @11:30AM (#42854237)
I thought the military could retire with a full pension after 20 years. Wouldn't that imply that they have an expected retirement of around 40 years?
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Re:Undiagnosed Cognitive Decline Eats into Seniors' Retireme... by datadrivenangel on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @11:56AM (#42854625)
People living closer to 80 than 65, assuming enlisting at ~20 and retiring at 40.
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Re:Undiagnosed Cognitive Decline Eats into Seniors' Retireme... by HWR_14 on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @03:10PM (#42857322)
But 65 is an unrealistically low life expectancy for someone retiring from the military.
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Re:Undiagnosed Cognitive Decline Eats into Seniors' Retireme... by CobaltFire on Friday February 07, 2025 @04:50PM (#42977914)
Little late here, but it wasn’t really when the system was put in place.

Smoking, alcoholism, poorer medical care, etc. likely meant a much shorter lifespan.

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