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Question
I am currently an active duty, infantry marine with about a year and a half left on my four year contract. I do not want to re-enlist active duty, but I was wonder if it would be possible to re-enlist in the reserves for 16 years and retire, still getting all the benefits of a retired marine.
Hi Kevin,
Certainly, except, because most of Reserve system is "part time," rather than full time, the Reserve retirement system works from "points," and not time-in-service. For details, see the article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/reserveretirmentpay/a/reserveretire.htm
Additionally, regardless of when they actually retire, Reserve members do not begin receiving retirement pay until they reach the age of 60.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
Experience
Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
Education/Credentials
Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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