Posted on Feb 15, 2024
Space Force mulls 8-year active duty enlistments for new recruits
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This implies that, upon the second re-enlistment, an Enlisted Member will be able to complete a 20-year career (with four years over, so 24 years). Each service adjusts their service policies in order to best support their staffing requirements. If eight-year hitches do this for the Space Force then members should use this policy to build their careers.
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They do. New military members now have the blended retirement system, which has a TSP along with the high-36 for 2%/year after they serve 20 years (effectively 40% starting at 20 years). If they leave at 8, they still retain the TSP, which the military automatically starts at 1% but members can put more into it with up to 4% matching from the military.
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If you can do 8, 10 is a chip shot -- If you can do 10, then you're halfway to retirement. 8 years is a long commitment for young men and women to make
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