Military Update: Active-duty retirees die sooner than reservists, actuaries say

MAJ (Join to see) thanks for sharing! Wow this is intresting:
Defense officials haven’t done a study to explain death rate differences among military retirees. Speculation centers on stresses of full time service including past wars, frequent moves, constant physical activity to stay in shape, and stress-induced habits such as smoking and alcohol consumption.
Another possible factor, one official acknowledged, is that active duty retirees rely for decades on military health care. That’s not a knock on the care but on the fact that patients and doctors are reassigned frequently and continuity of care can suffer compared to what reservists experience.
Great read and share! I am retired, so I take this very seriously!

Perhaps one should consider that active duty retirees were more likely to be exposed to more asbestos (Navy) and agent orange.

And as mentioned the reservist retirees probably lived a more stable life.

I guess I must be an in between with 14+active and 8 1/2 reserve. I wonder how that would affect the data.

As for tricare, I live in a senior apartment and I can safely say most people would love to have the benefit I enjoy with tricare for life.

it's from the stress of war and after was.