Early Retirement Option for Guard, Reserve Soldiers

"...More reserve-component Soldiers may now be eligible to receive retirement pay before 60, if they meet certain criteria.

As of January 2013, Congress authorized more categories to the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act, which originally applied only to reserve-component Soldiers serving in overseas contingency operations like Iraq and Afghanistan, said Sheila Dorsey, chief, Reserve Component Retirements.

The way it works is that Soldiers can count 90 days of their tour toward 90 days earlier retirement for each fiscal year deployed, according to Richard Gray, supervisor of Retired Pay.

That part is still in effect.   The new categories include reserve-component..."

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