https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I served in the military from 2009-2017. I just reenlisted. I will be heading to Navy RTC for the veteran orientation program next month. During my break in service, I worked for the United States Postal Service. Will this time count towards military retirement or time in service? Sun, 19 Sep 2021 17:53:07 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I served in the military from 2009-2017. I just reenlisted. I will be heading to Navy RTC for the veteran orientation program next month. During my break in service, I worked for the United States Postal Service. Will this time count towards military retirement or time in service? SPC Maximilian Rodriguez Sun, 19 Sep 2021 17:53:07 -0400 2021-09-19T17:53:07-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service?n=7282441&urlhash=7282441 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don&#39;t believe so, also if you retire from the service (20 years or more) that time won&#39;t count either toward returning to the Postal Service. Good luck brother Max, 20 Army and 18 USPS next month my friend. SSG Michael Noll Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:08:58 -0400 2021-09-19T18:08:58-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service?n=7282466&urlhash=7282466 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No. The USPS is not the military or any branch of it. It is civil service. SSG Brian G. Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:27:58 -0400 2021-09-19T18:27:58-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service?n=7282473&urlhash=7282473 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Military retirement and service is different than Civil Service Retirement.<br /><br />However your military time, you&#39;ll have an option to &quot;buy in time&quot; to put it towards your FERS. You can&#39;t collect both unless you&#39;ve retired in both essentially 20 years military and 20 years USPS.<br /><br />There are a lot of information out there about Military Retirement and FERS. MSgt Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:31:22 -0400 2021-09-19T18:31:22-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service?n=7282491&urlhash=7282491 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1758734" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1758734-spc-maximilian-rodriguez">SPC Maximilian Rodriguez</a>: Congratulations on your re-enlisting! SPC Margaret Higgins Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:42:29 -0400 2021-09-19T18:42:29-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service?n=7282646&urlhash=7282646 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No, but if you were in the IRR or Reserves it would SFC Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 19 Sep 2021 19:52:08 -0400 2021-09-19T19:52:08-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service?n=7283145&urlhash=7283145 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No. Although your military service can count towards retirement eligibility for civil service (i.e. civilian government employees) it doesn&#39;t work the other way around. Next time you have a break in service join the Active Reserve (Army Reserve or National Guard) so you can still get time in service credit for pay and earn points toward retirement. MSG John Duchesneau Mon, 20 Sep 2021 02:08:46 -0400 2021-09-20T02:08:46-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service?n=7283201&urlhash=7283201 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The short answer is: No. If you get a federal civil service job after you hang up your uniform then both your military service and your USPS time will count towards your Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) pension. Keep a copy of your final SF-50 from the USPS that shows your entry and departure dates and your DD 214 to document your military service dates. But you’ll need to be retirement eligible to get that pension. There’s a lot of different rules and eligibility requirements. OPM.gov is actually very informative. Good luck and thank you for serving. SFC Keith Gardner Mon, 20 Sep 2021 02:50:49 -0400 2021-09-20T02:50:49-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service?n=7283575&urlhash=7283575 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Military time can count towards federal civilian time but it doesn&#39;t work the other way around. SSgt Christophe Murphy Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:18:03 -0400 2021-09-20T09:18:03-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service?n=7284954&urlhash=7284954 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The time will count toward civilian civil service retirement not military time or service. TSgt Morgan Bepristis Mon, 20 Sep 2021 20:42:50 -0400 2021-09-20T20:42:50-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service?n=7287930&urlhash=7287930 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>TLDR: Not likely... it could count toward Federal Technician time for the Reserves / Guard, however, since that is also Federal Service. TSgt Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 22 Sep 2021 01:56:53 -0400 2021-09-22T01:56:53-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service?n=7299255&urlhash=7299255 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thank you for all your responses! SPC Maximilian Rodriguez Sun, 26 Sep 2021 17:04:06 -0400 2021-09-26T17:04:06-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/will-my-time-working-for-the-usps-during-my-break-in-service-count-for-time-in-service?n=7415937&urlhash=7415937 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Answer is No!<br />It works the other way around! PV2 Andy Wen Sat, 11 Dec 2021 11:17:48 -0500 2021-12-11T11:17:48-05:00 2021-09-19T17:53:07-04:00