Book update: On the printing press in March
Impact Publications sent me the typeset PDFs of the book and the pocket guide. I’ve spent the last week parsing through all the pages (206 and 64 respectively) to clean up a few typos and page...
View ArticleWill Congress change military retirement?
Brandi commented in the previous post: I can’t wait to snag a copy of your book this summer, and I am looking forward to your post on asset allocation considerations when you are getting a military...
View ArticleThe Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan
This earlier post describes the SBP and its options, as well as the pros and cons of buying it for your survivors. If you landed here from a search engine or some other link then I’d recommend reading...
View ArticleJoin the military to get rich and retire early?: the rest of the story
(The first part of this post is over at Jacob Lund Fisker’s Early Retirement Extreme blog.) Now for the rest of the story… When I was an impressionable young teen, my best friend’s older brother was...
View ArticleCalculating a Reserve retirement
I recently answered a couple of questions on calculating the amount of a Reserve retirement for both Final Pay and High Three pay systems. If you’re eligible for a Reserve/Guard pension then let me...
View ArticleReader feedback on “The Military Guide”
The book was officially published in June 2011, although the Kindle edition was technically ready to go in May. Do you know what it means when the book approaches its first birthday? Yep. Time to...
View ArticleMilitary retention: “Should you stay or should you go?”
“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...
View ArticleReader feedback on “The Military Guide” book
A reader writes: I just finished reading your book yesterday, and I want to thank you for putting all that information together. My wife has been encouraging me to do the same thing for a couple of...
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...
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 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 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 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 ArticleRetiring 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 ArticleShould 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,...
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...
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 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 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...
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