Veterans on the board

[terrywalker]

US Navy from 1970 to 1976. E-5 Electrician Mate. On DD781 in 1971-72. On CGN25 rest of time. One WESTPAC and Indian Ocean cruise 1973-74. Got to go into Bandar Abbas , Iran. Nice people then.
Terry

 

[sprecks]

US Navy from 1974 to 1980. Nuke Machinist Mate qualified submarines on USS Spadefish SSN 668. We worked out of Norfolk, Virginia and mainly patrolled the North Atlantic and Mediterranean.

 

[1fast383fish]

US Army still at it began in 1985 to 1989 M1A1 Tank crewmember then vacationed for 5yrs. then reenlisted as a Heavy equipment operator did that for 4yrs. and then Reclassified to Supply in 2002 until today. Overseas tours: Germany, Egypt, Iraq OIF/OND

 

[Raycuda]

Army, Vietnam Oct.68 - Dec 69 MOS: 92 Bravo E5 An interesting story about my E body

 

[adabrams1]

US ARMY, Reserves from 1988-90, Desert Shield/Desert Storm 1990-91 with 18th Airborne Corps, 1991-1999 in ADA, Stinger Team Chief

 

[Arlo Price]

USAF 100th OMS Operation Buffalo Hunter Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ & Utapao Thailand 1970-1972 43151F

 

[71RRhi]

Us Navy 1987-1993. SSN 696 New York City

 

[MoparCarGuy]

I'm sure the small percentage match won't make up for the 10% the troops are losing in this plan. The average soldier gets bent over the bunk once again.

The new Blended Retirement System plan allows a service member to leave before 20 years and take the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) money with the matching government contributions with them. Before this plan, the 80% of service members who never reached full retirement (minimum 20 years) walked away with nothing. At least this plan gives those who choose to leave early something to rollover to a civilian retirement plan or leave it in TSP. It was optional to change over to this plan with <12 years of service when it was first offered with a deadline of December 31, 2018.

 

[MoparCarGuy]

US ARMY 1985-2019 (10 years total Active, 24 years US Army Reserve)
Military Intelligence Branch, CW5 Retired
Enlisted MOS 33T/96B/35F, Warrant Officer MOS 353A Electronic Warfare Tech & 350F All-Source Intelligence Technician
Operation Enduring Freedom 2001-2002, Operation Southern Watch 2002-2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003 & 2006
513th MI Bde Vigilant Knights, 297th MI Bn Vanguard, 345th MI Bn Dragon Slayers, National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).