Posted on Jul 19, 2019
What percentage of service members stay in for 30 years?
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Is there any data on how many device members stay in and retire at 30 years. Is this organized by service?
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Military Career
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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)US Census Bureau
Statistics
Military Career Retirement Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)US Census Bureau Statistics
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I can tell you that less than 20% of Air Force personnel stay to a 20 year retirement. That was one of the driving factors behind the new blended retirement system. Attaining rank also plays a part bc only E-9s and O-6 and above can attain a 30 year active retirement due to up or out rules. I am speaking to active AF only, there are some tweaks to this for the Air Guard.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Unless you have both enlisted and officer status; the combination might get you to 30
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LTJG (Join to see)
Do you know if there are any exceptions to up or out policy? Like say for example the service member is in a specialized program like on orders to NASA or in a critically manned field?
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Col (Join to see)
I am unaware of any exceptions for the enlisted corps below the rank of Chief to reach 30 active. The current AF limit is 28 years commissioned time for a Lt Col. There are also age waivers for members who are doctors, lawyers, and chaplains. I don't know if additional career fields have been added to the age waiver list or not.
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28 years 7 months
Only retired as I was in an authorized position, requested by the Div leadership to stay and ordered by a Sgm with 9 years on station to PCS to an undesirable location because “all senior NCOs must move after 5 years on station”
Only retired as I was in an authorized position, requested by the Div leadership to stay and ordered by a Sgm with 9 years on station to PCS to an undesirable location because “all senior NCOs must move after 5 years on station”
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1SG Mitchell Smith
HRC is a joke and we all know it. Worked at Fort Lee ScoE in the logistics SGM Position and had to directly work with all the CSM proponencies..its a number game....some MOS spears are wider than others, others are narrow and come to a point quickly and there's a FIGHT for Position in every battalion, brigade and division to place one of there MOS there,...thereby by increasing there numbres....
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