Military retirement is now going to be modernized so that starting immediately after you join, the military is going to contribute an automatic 1 percent of your salary and will match up to ...

Pros and Cons of the New Military Retirement Plan. Published March 15, 2016. The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act contained some changes to these previously published details.

Answer: To get the most out of the new retirement system, make sure you contribute enough to the federal Thrift Savings Plan to qualify for a matching contribution—something the old system doesn ...

As retirement programs across the U.S. have adapted over time, the military retirement program has largely remained unchanged. In fact, the current system has not changed much since World War II ...

Only 280,000 active-duty members and just over 72,000 reserve component personnel chose to shift out of the High-3 plan.

U.S. armed forces--get ready to salute the 401(k). The military, which currently has a traditional defined benefit plan, will adopt a new hybrid program next year that blends an existing defined ...

A Military Retirement Plan: Pension And Dividends Jul. 18, 2016 1:37 PM ET DLNG , MMM , SHEL , GMLP , MPLX , JNJ , KMI 83 Comments 1 Like Black Sail Research ...

Reforming the military’s retirement ... over four years while reducing the projected value of government contributions to each enlistee’s Thrift Savings Plan by over $100,000 at retirement.

A Pentagon study recommends that a complex four-part retirement plan be tested on a few thousand military volunteers to verify that it would be a more equitable, flexible and efficient system than ...

Blended Plan Features Trade-Offs To understand the BRS, it's worthwhile to take a look at the military's legacy retirement pension plan as well as the TSP, because BRS melds the two.. Under the ...

Here are 3 things you need to know as you plan for retirement: Prioritize your health early. My family should have been in ...

From signing up for Tricare as a retiree, and going on the job hunt, the military helps you get started with the Transition ...