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| Topic | So why do people usually not stay 20 years in the military? |
| Hexenherz 02/20/21 6:32:42 PM #49: | @008Zulu I never looked into it because it's basically ... well, a retirement community for the military. According to the website, you have to have served at least 20 years, and at least half of your service had to have been as enlisted (so a person who came in as an officer and did a full 20 would not be eligible). If you're married then *both* people have to be eligible under that criteria. And there are priorities for who gets waitlisted when it's at maximum capacity - priority 1 is Medal of Honor recipients, priority 2 is anyone who was a prisoner of war, priority 3 is retiree with 20 years of active service and who has 100% service-related disability, priority 4 is 100% disability with 10 or more years of active duty service. It's also not 100% free - if you live there independently it's still 46.7% of your gross income, and that amount goes up with the amount of additional service you require (up to 70% for "long term care"). I actually only learned about it because of my Leave and Earnings Statement. They deduct something like 50 cents (I guess up to $1) a month from everyone who is serving to help subsidize it. Which I'm cool with lol. --- FFXIV: Lucius Hexenseele (Brynhildr) | RS3: UltimaSuende . 99 WC/Fish/Cook/Fletch/Div/Mining/Smithing/Thieving/Crafting/RC https://letterboxd.com/BMovieBro/ ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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