Reserve Retirement Equality: Treating Reserves Fairly While Saving Taxpayer Dollars

Abstract

Perhaps at no time in its history has the United States asked so much from its reserve military forces. No longer ?weekend warriors,? Reserves deploy frequently to ensure that the American military upholds its global commitments. While Reserves? sacrifices are every bit as significant as their regular counterparts, their military retirement annuity is not: many Regulars draw retired pay as early as age 38; Reserves, on the other hand, must generally wait until they reach age 60. This paper calls on Congress to harmonize the regular and reserve military retirement systems. Specifically, this paper advocates for reducing the retirement age to 50 for the Reserves and increasing it to 50 for new active duty entrants. Reforming the two systems to more closely conform to their private-sector counterparts will keep budget outlays in check while meeting the goal of treating all of our fighting men and women equally.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 09, 2010
Accession Number
ADA526193

Entities

People

  • Howie Reitz

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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  • Biomedical

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  • Active Duty
  • Attrition
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Distance Learning
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.