Veterans on the board

[terrywalker]

US Navy from 1970 to 1976. E-5 Electrician Mate. On DD781 in 1971-72. On CGN25 rest of time. One WESTPAC and Indian Ocean cruise 1973-74. Got to go into Bandar Abbas , Iran. Nice people then.
Terry

 

[sprecks]

US Navy from 1974 to 1980. Nuke Machinist Mate qualified submarines on USS Spadefish SSN 668. We worked out of Norfolk, Virginia and mainly patrolled the North Atlantic and Mediterranean.

 

[1fast383fish]

US Army still at it began in 1985 to 1989 M1A1 Tank crewmember then vacationed for 5yrs. then reenlisted as a Heavy equipment operator did that for 4yrs. and then Reclassified to Supply in 2002 until today. Overseas tours: Germany, Egypt, Iraq OIF/OND

 

[Raycuda]

Army, Vietnam Oct.68 - Dec 69 MOS: 92 Bravo E5 An interesting story about my E body

 

[adabrams1]

US ARMY, Reserves from 1988-90, Desert Shield/Desert Storm 1990-91 with 18th Airborne Corps, 1991-1999 in ADA, Stinger Team Chief

 

[Arlo Price]

USAF 100th OMS Operation Buffalo Hunter Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ & Utapao Thailand 1970-1972 43151F

 

[71RRhi]

Us Navy 1987-1993. SSN 696 New York City

 

[MoparCarGuy]

I'm sure the small percentage match won't make up for the 10% the troops are losing in this plan. The average soldier gets bent over the bunk once again.

The new Blended Retirement System plan allows a service member to leave before 20 years and take the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) money with the matching government contributions with them. Before this plan, the 80% of service members who never reached full retirement (minimum 20 years) walked away with nothing. At least this plan gives those who choose to leave early something to rollover to a civilian retirement plan or leave it in TSP. It was optional to change over to this plan with <12 years of service when it was first offered with a deadline of December 31, 2018.

 

[MoparCarGuy]

US ARMY 1985-2019 (10 years total Active, 24 years US Army Reserve)
Military Intelligence Branch, CW5 Retired
Enlisted MOS 33T/96B/35F, Warrant Officer MOS 353A Electronic Warfare Tech & 350F All-Source Intelligence Technician
Operation Enduring Freedom 2001-2002, Operation Southern Watch 2002-2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003 & 2006
513th MI Bde Vigilant Knights, 297th MI Bn Vanguard, 345th MI Bn Dragon Slayers, National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

 

[WhiteGP]

Army Ft Knox- Ft Ben Harrison - Ft Polk 74 -77 Spec 4 Vietnam vet, stateside MOS 74F

 

[MOPARDON]

US Army, 67-70, 68-70 Vietnam 199th L.I.B., 2nd Bn 40th ARTY

 

[mopar jack]

US Army, 71-73, 3rd Armor division Germany.

 

[1972 AAR Cuda]

US Air Force 1983 - 1988 (I had to extend a couple months to take the overseas tour in the Philippines), assigned to Peterson AFB (NORAD at Cheyenne Mt) Colorado Springs, Co, and then finished with two years at Clark AB in the Philippines. Computer/Communications systems and got out as an E4 (Sgt)

 

[bill70j]

US Army Draftee/1972 - 1974/Sp-4/USAEDFE/Seoul (용산) Korea
Lifetime experience, starting with the guy in the hat. Tough as nails, but one he** of an inspiration for all of us.