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I know, since its been 10 years, I dont expect any of my prior Navy service to count but thought Id ask anyways. This is something I should've done from the get go, and I regret not doing so. Im now 38. If I joined the Navy reserves, would there be any possibility of retirement benefits from it in the end? Would any of my prior service still count?
What prompted this is looking back now with regret. I should have stayed in the Navy and Id be near retirement by now. I feel stuck in my job now with a cheap boss, and where I do have to travel. Its growing tiresome and I dont look forward to having to do this another 10 or 20 years.
This should also serve as a word of advice to some of you who are still in. If you're near that halfway point and thinking of getting out.....make sure you really have a plan or consider staying in or joining the reserves. 38-40 or so is not old. Back then, another 10 years felt so long and I thought 40 would feel old. But now I realize I feel young and if I had done it right, id be young, with a retirement check and Id have more leeway in choosing what job I want.
I suggest asking your friendly local Navy recruiter.
Note: I am a long ex "Nam River Rat. I would not want that job back. Serving on a Navy Reserve Destroyer Escort (DE) was ok until we took that thing out on the North Atlantic in winter. That was a bit interesting.
back in the day, a fellow reservist told me the reserves did not count his partial year from active duty for good years purposes. they did include the points from the partial year.
if that is still true today, you would need eleven good years in the reserves to reach twenty and retire.
with 9.5 active, you could have a nice retirement check at age 60. and tricare. unless the rules change. haha
I know, since its been 10 years, I dont expect any of my prior Navy service to count but thought Id ask anyways. This is something I should've done from the get go, and I regret not doing so. Im now 38. If I joined the Navy reserves, would there be any possibility of retirement benefits from it in the end? Would any of my prior service still count?
What prompted this is looking back now with regret. I should have stayed in the Navy and Id be near retirement by now. I feel stuck in my job now with a cheap boss, and where I do have to travel. Its growing tiresome and I dont look forward to having to do this another 10 or 20 years.
This should also serve as a word of advice to some of you who are still in. If you're near that halfway point and thinking of getting out.....make sure you really have a plan or consider staying in or joining the reserves. 38-40 or so is not old. Back then, another 10 years felt so long and I thought 40 would feel old. But now I realize I feel young and if I had done it right, id be young, with a retirement check and Id have more leeway in choosing what job I want.
I think you can. You have just enough time to complete your 20. I suggest you get on it right away. If they don’t check with army guard or reserves. They will have more openings.
I retired out of the Army Guard in 2014 - if I had gone just Guard my full time I would have had approx. 1700 points at retirement - due to having over 10 years Active I had over 5500 when I finally did retire. Pensions are calculated using points - think having 3x more from Active will make a difference? You get 1 point a day from your Active service - 365 points/year, about 5x what you would straight Reserve.
One other thing - if you have any deployed time in a combat zone, that can be deducted from age 60 to allow pension payments earlier. For example, I have 2 deployments to Iraq and 1 to Afghanistan, so I'll start drawing my pension at 57 instead of 60. Tricare still won't kick in until 60, though. Might only gain you a couple of months due to your age when you retire, but a couple of extra checks is still worth it.
9.5 years is an odd amount of time to have served. What was the reason for leaving the Navy? Are you drawing any disability pay? Did you receive an honorable discharge? When you left the Navy, was it at the end of your enlistment? Tell us the whole story so we can better answer you.
9.5 years is an odd amount of time to have served. What was the reason for leaving the Navy? Are you drawing any disability pay? Did you receive an honorable discharge? When you left the Navy, was it at the end of your enlistment? Tell us the whole story so we can better answer you.
he might have put in for an extension on one of his enlistments. I did that so I could stay an extra 6 months at a "remote" base (Italy) and still have a year left when I returned to the states.
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