SSG Private RallyPoint Member 6969575 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Can someone who is prior service ETS, get a GS job and retire at 20 years like they would in the military? Can someone ETS, get a GS job, and still retire at 20 years, like they would if they had stayed in the military? 2021-05-12T09:28:31-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 6969575 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Can someone who is prior service ETS, get a GS job and retire at 20 years like they would in the military? Can someone ETS, get a GS job, and still retire at 20 years, like they would if they had stayed in the military? 2021-05-12T09:28:31-04:00 2021-05-12T09:28:31-04:00 SrA John Monette 6969588 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>i did 4 years active, coming up on 14 years civilian for a total of 18 years and can retire before i hit 60. probably won&#39;t though Response by SrA John Monette made May 12 at 2021 9:34 AM 2021-05-12T09:34:58-04:00 2021-05-12T09:34:58-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 6969637 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Is there a minimum retirement age? From my reading it seems that it is 57 or 50 but with reduced benefits? Is there any truth to this- the material was a bit vague. Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 12 at 2021 9:55 AM 2021-05-12T09:55:46-04:00 2021-05-12T09:55:46-04:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 6969659 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Kind of. I am a GS employee and a Reservist with over 18 years active time. If I get the last 2 active years and collect an immediate retirement I can&#39;t buy back my military time. If I don&#39;t I can count that time for both a reserve military retirement and my civilian retirement. You can look up all the calculations on what benefits you and your situation more.<br /><br />Being an Civilian is awesome and being a Reservist is tolerable.<br /><br />Best of luck, let me know if you have more questions. Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 12 at 2021 10:09 AM 2021-05-12T10:09:28-04:00 2021-05-12T10:09:28-04:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 6969839 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was a commander at DFAS-Indianapolis. I befriended a person who was in charge of an internship program at DFAS that led to GS-11 positions in a couple years and would put them on the fast track to GS-12. If they were good GS-13 was a real possibility. As the commander I took note of the finance NCOs who retired. If I admired them professionally and personally I told them to stop by the office. <br /><br />I smiled and told them how impressed I was with them professionally and personally. I proceeded to tell them I was putting them into the internship program. They were stunned, floored, and thankful. I had the power to make one phone call that would transform a person’s life by giving them an opportunity they would otherwise have not gotten. I loved having that power, and I loved helping the male and female studs who worked for me. I told them I don&#39;t want anything in return except one thing. Help someone else. <br /><br />Damn I was a nice person! Lol :) Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made May 12 at 2021 11:38 AM 2021-05-12T11:38:22-04:00 2021-05-12T11:38:22-04:00 SP5 Peter Keane 6970041 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Rather than getting 50 different answers, look it up here : <a target="_blank" href="https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/fers-information/">https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/fers-information/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/633/402/qrc/opm-seal-share.png?1620838131"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/fers-information/">FERS Information</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Welcome to opm.gov</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Response by SP5 Peter Keane made May 12 at 2021 12:48 PM 2021-05-12T12:48:55-04:00 2021-05-12T12:48:55-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 6970411 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No, you won&#39;t draw a pension at 20 years like you would retiring from the military. There&#39;s other factors that go into it, but there is a minimum retirement age for federal retirement Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 12 at 2021 2:59 PM 2021-05-12T14:59:43-04:00 2021-05-12T14:59:43-04:00 CSM Darieus ZaGara 6970432 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You are able to but back your service and place it towards your Federal retirement. While it will credit you and enable to to retire at 20 if you choose the percentage of retirement is not comparable to the military. The majority of Feds, Non Law Enforcemnt and specialty fields draw only 1.1 percent. It is by any standard a good deal, in the private sector your military time would be a loss. Response by CSM Darieus ZaGara made May 12 at 2021 3:05 PM 2021-05-12T15:05:45-04:00 2021-05-12T15:05:45-04:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 6970509 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br />I believe GS jobs fall under the rule of 80. (Age + Years of service) and have a minimum age limit.<br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/fers-information/eligibility">https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/fers-information/eligibility</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/633/465/qrc/opm-seal-share.png?1620847815"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/fers-information/eligibility">Eligibility</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Welcome to opm.gov</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 12 at 2021 3:30 PM 2021-05-12T15:30:21-04:00 2021-05-12T15:30:21-04:00 Lt Col Jim Coe 6975670 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The OPM web page has answers about civil service retirement and veteran status. In general terms, civil service retirement is 1% per year of civil service employment multiplied by the average of your high-three years of salary. You may be able to convert your military service into &quot;Federal Service&quot; so those years count toward civil service retirement.<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.opm.gov">http://www.opm.gov</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/634/119/qrc/opm-seal-share.png?1621031237"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.opm.gov">U.S. Office of Personnel Management - www.OPM.gov</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">OPM works in several broad categories to recruit, retain and honor a world-class workforce for the American people.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Response by Lt Col Jim Coe made May 14 at 2021 6:27 PM 2021-05-14T18:27:18-04:00 2021-05-14T18:27:18-04:00 2021-05-12T09:28:31-04:00