Wilton wrote: "They "paid" some to retire early, either lump sum or reduced monthly payments - don't rember details. During "our" time any departure from active duty prior to 20 for other than medical reasons was with NO retirement. Of course, there have been medical retirements short of 20 years for MANY years. Of course, full retirement, as you know, starts at 20 years active service. I had 22 years active."
My father was active duty Army for 20 some odd years, entered the reserves and went into the GS. He retired from the Reserves as a Full Bird in 2004 (I think) and then retired from GS December 31, 2005. He was working at Keesler Air Force Base as a civilian GS in 2005 when Katrina hit. His boss told him after the hurricane not to worry about coming in for a while. See, my father commanded the Mental Health Clinic (I know it sounds weird to say Commanded when he was a civilian, but that was really how it worked and he actually outranked his boss (Captain) and his bosses boss (Lt. Col). The mental health clinic has destroyed. So, he was off work for 4 months and they finally told him, he could come back to work or they would offer him a pile of money to retire early. He took the money. Because of a loophole in the GS and military retirement guidelines, he is a "double dipper." He counts all of his time in active duty towards his GS and all of his GS towards his active duty. So, he has 37 years towards both. Those are our tax dollars at work. His retirement is 115% of his salary while he was working. I am glad it worked out for him, but a lot of others aren't that lucky. Donald H. Snook _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
