If you serve the full 20 years, your active duty retirement pay would be worth exactly half of your basic salary. For the Reserve Component member, determining how much your retirement may be worth can be calculated by dividing total retirement points by and comparing the number to the current military pay charts. Rank and time-in-service will count in this calculation.
Reservists and Guard members may also be eligible for the Blended Retirement System , which became effective on January 1, Reservists with more than 4, retirement points do not transfer and remain in their previously selected retirement pay plan. Reservists who joined on or after January 1, , are automatically enrolled in the Blended Retirement System.
Connect With Us facebook instagram pinterest twitter youtube. Close Modal. Related Articles. Military Retirement Calculators. Military Retirement Benefits. Military and Civil-Service Pensions. Retiring or Separating Overseas. In the short term, defense spending appears to be safe from cuts beyond those already scheduled. Also, it should be roughly sufficient, given current plans and forces, to keep the military working well through though I have some concerns about a gradual erosion in real readiness spending per troop, displayed in Table 4.
But there may even be pressure to cut defense spending again before Perhaps the most plausible scenario is that proponents of domestic discretionary spending will seek to soften cuts to their preferred programs via funds now in the DoD budget, as a large number of House Democrats already attempted to do this year in the context of the balanced-budget deal.
These domestic discretionary programs are to undergo a 10 percent real reduction in annual spending levels between and ; those who believe such cuts can be made easily will do well to remember that the deficit-conscious th Congress cut real spending on domestic discretionary programs by only 3.
It is unfair to criticize Guard combat brigades and divisions for the fact that they were not sent to Desert Storm, since that decision was based not on their readiness for combat but on the desire of national leaders to limit the total magnitude of the reserve callup. First, some common arguments in favor of Guard combat units deserve rebuttal.
It is often said that the reserves play an important role linking the American people to its armed forces. That is true to an extent. But as Army Lt. That figure, however, relates only to operations and support costs—about 60 percent of the total for active-duty forces. To be truly as good as their active counterparts, Guard forces would need just as good equipment otherwise, why does the country spend its money on high-calibre gear for any forces?
With that approach, they would be over 50 percent as expensive as active-duty troops. Still a large savings, but less than frequently advertised.
The best argument against depending heavily on reserve component forces, however, is that the entire post-Vietnam history of the U. When conducting their training, reservists may well be as diligent and dedicated as active-duty forces. Also, they may often be as qualified at their own specific technical tasks, especially in cases where their civilian jobs or other activities help keep them practiced on related skills.
It is for this reason that the U. But several weeks of total time per year does not appear sufficient to keep a combat unit sharp, particularly a large unit like a division. Some smaller units such as those employed with the Marine Corps force structure do appear able to quickly get up to speed in the event of a national emergency, as evidenced in Desert Storm. But in the case of the Marines, that philosophy translates into a reserve component only one-fourth the size of the active force.
Because of the need to minimize the amount of territory lost early in any future war against a regional foe, current U. Specifically, they call for a five-division force to be fully in place within roughly 75 days of a decision to deploy, and for roughly half that force to arrive in theater within the first month of the crisis.
That means, in turn, that the last units would set sail for their destination after some 50 days. My own view is that the goal should be to deploy even faster, and that DoD should purchase more fast sealift to do so.
There is good reason to think that DoD cannot meet its own goal today. But it already has several remedial programs in place. In any case, the proper way to solve this problem is not to lower the goalpost potentially allowing Guard units to be ready by the time lift would be available to carry them but to buy more lift.
That type of emphasis on speed, which is likely to increase further in the future under most DoD long-term vision statements, spells trouble for a high dependence on reserve combat units. A recent study by the Institute for Defense Analyses, though apparently not publicly available, reportedly argued that the 49th Armored Division of the Texas Army National Guard could validate its readiness 94 days after callup, and be deployed to its destination by day presumably including about 30 days of sailing time and 7 to 10 days to reach its port of debarkation.
Even if the relatively optimistic IDA estimate is correct, that would have the reserve division arriving in theater two months behind the schedule called for in current war plans for the main fighting force.
Starting in , some members of the Guard and Reserve will have the opportunity to transition to the new Blended Retirement System. This option combines part of the traditional retirement system with a lower percentage 2. Get specific details on the Blended Retirement plan here. I hope you guys have enjoyed this look at the Reserve retirement system. Its a great perk you can take advantage of. There are not many jobs in the world where you can do what you love part-time and still get a pension.
Use the info from this article to arm yourself for calculating your own retirement in the future. If you enjoyed this article and want to compare the active duty benefits, check out our article on the active duty military retirement system.
Skip to content The potential of receiving a pension is one of the many benefits of a career in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. How Do I Qualify? Time to Retire! Putting it All Together In this first example lets look at a member who separated at 22 years of service as an O Year Year Year Average O-5 11,
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