Originally Posted by
flyfish
Is this before or after the divorce which gets 50% of the retirement?
The long deployments/remotes from home have a cost all their own--$500,000 over 20 yrs according to Scout.
You have a point, but there there are plenty of ways to screw up and loose 50% of what you've earned, and some find ways to do it more than once. I consider myself lucky in that sense.
My point was that you can still retire and live very comfortable at age 60. Military retirement + airline retirement (15-20 years) is still a pretty good deal. We all have to make our way.....sticking it out is not everyones cup of tea.