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Don’t Gut It Out To 20: Leave Active Duty For The Reserves Or National Guard
This post gets personal. Let me give you the permission to think about these questions in your own career. A reader writes: I’m active duty and coming up on year #9 this May. I have owned your book for...
View ArticleCan I Earn A Military Pension And A Civil-Service Pension
A reader asks: I served 14 years of active duty and six years in the National Guard. I received my 20-year letter. I began working for the postal service and “bought back” my 14 years of active duty...
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Should I Stop Drilling And Go To The Individual Ready Reserve?
Here’s a summary of a conversation with a National Guard servicemember who’s contemplating moving from a drill billet to the Individual Ready Reserve. We talk through all aspects of the decision, how...
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Retiring From The Individual Ready Reserve Or National Guard
A reader asks: I’m a Reservist who has about ten years of total active duty and who re-enlisted “indefinitely” in 2006. My ETS is currently 2027 (when I turn age 60). I have a total of 19 “good years”...
View ArticleOptions For National Guard And Reserve Retirement
I get several e-mails or “Contact me” questions every day about how to handle service in the National Guard and Reserve. Most of them I can answer on my own, and they’re good questions that deserve to...
View ArticleNational Guard and Reserve Retirement at the Maximum Pay
A reader writes: I need some clarification regarding your article that describes the calculation of a Reserve/Guard retired pay benefit. I’ve relied on this description in the past, but am troubled by...
View ArticleMaximizing Your Civil Service Computation Date
Here’s a unique combination of a reader question about federal civil service– and a free eBook from GubMints.com. The link below is only FREE until 11:59 PM PDT Friday. If you’re reading this post at...
View ArticleMilitary Benefits After One Enlistment (part 2 of 2)
(If you’ve found this page from a search engine, you’ll want to read the first part of this two-part post.) This post answers the rest of a reader’s question: “I was curious whether there are any...
View ArticleGuest Post Wednesday: “My Road to a Reserve Retirement”
(This guest post is brought to you by a servicemember who’s approaching Reserve retirement after an unusual career path… and you can too!) (If you’re interested in guest posting, please see our guest...
View ArticleShould I Get Out of the Military, or Stick Around for Retirement?
“Should I stay or should I go?” Yeah, I know, I can still hear that Clash hit rockin’ Bancroft Hall’s passageways at the Naval Academy. It “encouraged” the plebes to think about their choice to quit or...
View ArticleEarning Both A Military Pension And A Civil-Service Pension
A reader asks: I served 14 years of active duty and six years in the National Guard. I received my 20-year letter. I began working for the postal service and “bought back” my 14 years of active duty...
View ArticleWhat You Need To Know About National Guard Retirement
Retiring from the Reserves or National Guard is more flexible than retiring from active duty. In the vast majority of cases, your retirement is based on at least 20 good years of service. (A “good...
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Should I Stop Drilling And Go To The Individual Ready Reserve?
Here’s a summary of a conversation with a National Guard servicemember who’s contemplating moving from a drill billet to the Individual Ready Reserve. We talk through all aspects of the decision,...
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Retiring From The Individual Ready Reserve Or National Guard
A reader asks: I’m a Reservist who has about ten years total active duty and who re-enlisted “indefinitely” in 2006. My ETS is currently 2027 (when I turn age 60). I have a total of 19 “good years”...
View ArticleOptions For National Guard And Reserve Retirement
I get several e-mails or “Contact me” questions every day about how to handle service in the National Guard and Reserve. Most of them I can answer on my own, and they’re good questions that deserve to...
View ArticleNational Guard and Reserve retirement at the maximum pay
. A reader writes: I need some clarification regarding your article that describes the calculation of a Reserve/Guard retired pay benefit. I’ve relied on this description in the past, but am troubled...
View ArticleMilitary Benefits After One Enlistment (part 2 of 2)
(If you’ve found this page from a search engine, you’ll want to read the first part of this two-part post.) This post answers the rest of a reader’s question: “I was curious whether there are any...
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Maximizing your Civil Service Computation Date
Here’s a unique combination of a reader question about federal civil service– and a free eBook from GubMints.com. The link below is only FREE until 11:59 PM PDT Friday. If you’re reading this post at...
View ArticleMilitary Reserve and National Guard retirement calculators
A reader writes: There used to be a great calculator the Army put out– you enter your years of service, total points and the multiplier and it gave you a projected pay per month for your...
View ArticleGuest Post Wednesday: “My Road to a Reserve Retirement”
(This guest post is brought to you by a servicemember who’s approaching Reserve retirement after an unusual career path… and you can too!) (If you’re interested in guest posting, please see our...
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