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I don't think it will ever happen, but your military pension could be altered with the stroke of a pen. Think "means test" for a partial reduction of your pension amount or some other alteration such as a delay to age 50 or 55 to start collecting a military pension.
I'm not going from supposition, I've had to budget for the funds. Every military member costs the AF more than what they see in their LES.Originally Posted by Flyinhigh
Do you actually believe that the USAF puts "real" money into a retirement fund for you while you are on active duty? They are not a private company, they are not subject to any retirement funding laws and they, along with all of the other services, are a part of the great unfunded pension liability held by the U.S. Government. Even if they did put "real" money into a fund, it would be raided and filled with bonds.I don't think it will ever happen, but your military pension could be altered with the stroke of a pen. Think "means test" for a partial reduction of your pension amount or some other alteration such as a delay to age 50 or 55 to start collecting a military pension.
You've mixed about 3 concepts there; funding, personal accounts, and the reliability of retirement availability. Just because the dollars get funded doesn't mean your name is attached to them, it's not your account. Regardless, politics is politics and anything here today can be gone tomorrow based on where the votes are.
Your point had nothing to do with the topic being discussed which was the supposition that some believe TRs are discouraged from getting to 20 years AD points. They are not, though there is written guidance preventing doing days after about 16.5 years service without a signed sanctuary waiver letter for the manning considerations mentioned.