Posted on Sep 5, 2019
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Prior service Marine now in the Army thinking of sticking this out till the end. Just wondering if I have to start over from scratch and do a whole 20 years in that branch for retirement or if my active duty years in the Corps count towards that.
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All active duty years count.
So, if you did six years in the Corps, you would do 14 years in the Army to complete the 20-years.
So, if you did six years in the Corps, you would do 14 years in the Army to complete the 20-years.
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SPC Onel Cruz
Actually I got one more for ya, IADT in the reserves. Do those count as active duty time? SGT Javier Silva
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SGT Javier Silva
SPC Onel Cruz - IADT is part of your Reserve time, it is not considered as a separate thing. Look at the number of points you have.
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It’s all credible service towards retirement minus periods or unauthorized absense i.e. AWOL or incarnation. If the latter two don’t apply; you’re G2G.
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Yes, it does, it does not matter which branch of service you served in it all counts toward time in service for retirement. Plus take you DD-214 from the Marine Corps to your Personnel Actions Center and insure that your time in the Marine Corps is documented in your record.
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Active Reserve time counts as well. Three branches, 2 1/2 ears AD+ 3 1/2 years reserves, 3 years AD + 14 years Break in service +13 years National Guard = 22 years = Retirement.
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Yes. I was USAF Captain(O-3) Resigned my commission, enlisted in USN, WENT TO OCS, and back up the ranks. Left Active as LT(O-3), since promoted to O-4, and O-5. BUT ALL ACTIVE TIME COUNTED TOWARDS RETIREMENT, except the time at OCS.
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PLEASE ( Maj Landgren is correct) but please for the love of all things holy GO TO YOUR UNIT ADMINISTRATOR AND HAVE HER/HIM PULL YOUR RETIREMENT POINTS WORKSHEET AND ENSURE IT IS CORRECT. DO NOT WAIT. You can pull your own DA Form 5016 from your HRC portal. I recommend reviewing it to ensure all of your time was transferred.
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