Can I Earn A Military Pension And A Civil-Service Pension

Doug Nordman

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A reader asks: I served 14 years of active duty and six years in the National Guard. I received my 20-year letter. I began working for the postal service and “bought back” my 14 years of active duty towards my postal service retirement. For example I have 12 years actual with the postal service but 26 years on ...

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Will The Military Pay Off Your Student Loans

Doug Nordman

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Are you considering an enlistment, for military student loan repayment options? When you're facing a mountain of student debt and you don't even have a job lined up after graduation, the military can seem like a pretty attractive option. So should you join the military to pay off your student loans? Maybe. This ...

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Should I Stop Drilling And Go To The Individual Ready Reserve?

Doug Nordman

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    Here's a summary of a conversation with a National Guard servicemember who's contemplating moving from a drill billet to the Individual Ready Reserve. We talk through all aspects of the decision, how to deal with the IRR, and how the Guard/Reserve military pension is calculated. At the end of ...

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It’s Official Infantry, Armor Opens To Women: Effective 1 April

Curtez

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Effective 1 April 2016, military occupational specialties 11X, 13F, 19D, 19K, will become gender integrated. This unprecedented act will allow women to enlist into Infantry, Armor and Artillery MOSs and serve alongside their male counterparts. Infantry and armor positions will open to women April 1 in the next ...

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How To Find Portable Careers For Military Spouse’s

Doug Nordman

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My spouse and I joined the military in the late 1970s. We've been military spouses since 1986, and I was a member of several fine Wives Clubs in the 1980s-90s. Thankfully, the military's gender policies have improved quite a bit over the last 40 years. The male military spouse situation has also improved a bit during ...

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Retirement Lifestyles: “Can I Get Back Into The Military?”

Doug Nordman

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  A reader question has hit my IN box several times this year: "My spouse retired from the military after 20 years of active duty and is receiving their pension. They're in their 40s and they miss it so much. Is there a way for them to get back in? I know they'd be happier serving than just receiving a ...

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