Posted on Mar 3, 2016
With the overhaul of retirement, should the military look to incentivizing NCOs to become Officers to keep seniority?
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The retirement overhaul has shifted emphasis of providing benefits for short to mid-termer careerist from the traditional 20 year careerists. My opinion is that this will cause a loss of seniority as their is no longer a pension at the retirement mark. In particular for the Senior Officers (O-5 and above). The military will now have to compete with the private sector for pay and benefits.
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If the higher pay isn't incentive enough, I don't know what else you could do.
Good NCOs are just as needed in the Army. IMHO
Good NCOs are just as needed in the Army. IMHO
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The vast majority of people would still retire at 20 whether prior service or not. If you want to give incentive they will have to add target bonuses for additional service.
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What folks need to know is this: you must have at least TEN years as officer to retire as officer. I know a young 40 -ish USAF RN who was a TSgt when she "crossed over to the dark side" She said if she retired she would likely have to revert back to her enlisted rank level.
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