If I serve 6 years in the National Guard and 20 years Active Duty will my pension be 50% of my base pay with 26 years of service?

2021-05-13T14:54:53-04:00

Response by SP5 Peter Keane made May 13 at 2021 3:17 PM

2021-05-13T15:17:43-04:00

50 % and 26 years in the same question does not compute.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made May 13 at 2021 3:49 PM

2021-05-13T15:49:13-04:00

Not exactly. You have to use the retirement points calculation to accurately account for your pension benefit in retirement. Here is the link to the formula from DFAS:

https://www.dfas.mil/retiredmilitary/plan/estimate/

If you're serving in the National Guard for six years you will typically only accrue a small percentage of the total available points in a year (360 points per year for AD). Those points will factor into your total time and need to be calculated with your 7,200 AD points from your 20 years on AD.

Hope this helps.

Defense Finance and Accounting Service RetiredMilitary plan estimate

The official website of the Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS)

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 13 at 2021 4:38 PM

2021-05-13T16:38:36-04:00

Your pay will be 50% of your final 36 months monthly average. The formula is (total the last 36 months of base pay / 36) x (2.5% x whole years AD)

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 13 at 2021 5:41 PM

2021-05-13T17:41:56-04:00

Yes

Response by CPT Lawrence Cable made May 14 at 2021 8:19 AM

2021-05-14T08:19:19-04:00

If you are asking about Time in Service, the answer is Yes. You will also get credit for pay for your Guard Retirement Points, including IDT points. Divide your Retirement points off your last NGB23 by 365 and you that will give you the addition time for retirement pay.

Response by SSG Edward Tilton made May 15 at 2021 4:59 PM

2021-05-15T16:59:40-04:00

It would,as I understand it