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2017-02-02T07:12:26-05:00 2017-02-02T07:12:26-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 2305580 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="206564" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/206564-col-charles-williams">COL Charles Williams</a> Have you seen this Sir? <a target="_blank" href="http://www.military.com/benefits/military-pay/upcoming-changes-to-military-retirement-system-explained.html">http://www.military.com/benefits/military-pay/upcoming-changes-to-military-retirement-system-explained.html</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/000/145/338/qrc/retirement.jpg?1486040114"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.military.com/benefits/military-pay/upcoming-changes-to-military-retirement-system-explained.html">Upcoming Changes To Military Retirement System Explained</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association explained upcoming major changes to the military retirement system to us.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 2 at 2017 7:55 AM 2017-02-02T07:55:30-05:00 2017-02-02T07:55:30-05:00 COL John McClellan 2305840 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Glad we&#39;re out, Chuck! Response by COL John McClellan made Feb 2 at 2017 9:46 AM 2017-02-02T09:46:00-05:00 2017-02-02T09:46:00-05:00 CAPT Kevin B. 2306027 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It&#39;s in line with the Civil Service retirement. The big kicker is the first 5% you invest in yourself gets 100% profit (matched) every payday. Try to find that somewhere else. Have a TSP horizon plan going and after a career, that piece will be 1/3rd of a tidy retirement. Your other pieces will be the annuity and something else you did after MIL life. Don&#39;t count on Social Security to live on. The hardest part is getting kids whose frontal lobe hasn&#39;t activated yet to understand they won&#39;t be vigorous and healthy forever, hence should work on a retirement from day one. Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Feb 2 at 2017 10:43 AM 2017-02-02T10:43:46-05:00 2017-02-02T10:43:46-05:00 2017-02-02T07:12:26-05:00