Retirement Pay OVERHAUL!

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 07:13:16 -0500

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<p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> Proposed p</span>lan would shrink pension payments later, but give more cash up front </p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/06/pentagon-unveils-proposal-for-pension-changes/6147869/<br></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;"><br></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140306/SPECIAL14/303060030/Exclusive-DoD-proposes-revolutionary-changes-retirement-benefits<br></p><p style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;"><br></p><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://www.militarytimes.com/graphics/ody/alticon.png"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140306/SPECIAL14/303060030/Exclusive-DoD-proposes-revolutionary-changes-retirement-benefits">Exclusive: DoD proposes revolutionary changes in retirement benefits</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">
After years of silence on the intensely controversial issue of military retirement reform, the Pentagon on Thursday unveiled a detailed proposal for fundamental, far-reaching changes to the current ...</div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/07bdbb56c1b6b43fec35c5446de8c94486dcc69e/c=151-0-4015-2906&r=x117&c=155x114/local/-/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2014/03/06// [login to see] 00-XXX-XXX-XXX-A02-PENTAGON-08-62398233.JPG"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/06/pentagon-unveils-proposal-for-pension-changes/6147869/">Pentagon proposal would overhaul military pensions</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">The Pentagon on Thursday unveiled a detailed proposal for fundamental, far-reaching changes to its current pension system.</div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 7 at 2014 7:40 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 07:40:31 -0500

What are your opinions about the proposed changes?

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 8 at 2014 3:19 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 03:19:02 -0500

I have mixed feelings. The current system is great if you make 20 but it's all or nothing. I like the flexibility of the proposed system for force management and retention but everyone in now should be grandfathered.