Find your service’s designated resource for opting into the Blended Retirement System.
The 2016 National Defense Authorization Act created a new military retirement system that blends the traditional legacy retirement pension with a defined contribution to service members’ Thrift Savings Plan account. The new Blended Retirement System goes into effect on January 1, 2018. Complete the required training at https://mypers.af.mil/ci/documents/detail/2/BRSN/sverified/1
Links:
AF.mil News Article
http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1342281/blended-retirement-system-opt-in-training-now-available-to-all-airmen/
Blended Retirement System Fact Sheet:
http://militarypay.defense.gov/BlendedRetirement/
To reach your retirement destination safely, you need to plot the depths, study the financial currents and be aware of the hazards. Service members have all of 2018 to decide which retirement system is right for them.
No need to dig between those couch cushions! Contributing to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) is easy -- contributions come right out of your paycheck!
#AskRobyn explains to an eligible opt-in service member how TSP contributions and vesting work under BRS.
The Thrift Savings Plan is part of your Blended Retirement System. Learn how you can customize how your money is invested at www.TSP.gov. For more information on the
Blended Retirement System visit http://militarypay.defense.gov/BlendedRetirment.
#AskRoby explains National Guard and Reserve opt-in criteria and qualifying for continuation pay under the Blended Retirement System. Visit the BRS Resource page here: http://militarypay.defense.gov/BlendedRetirment
A new retirement system goes into effect Jan. 1, 2018. See how the legacy “high-3” and the new Blended Retirement System compare at your mid-career point.
Visit the BRS resource page here: http://militarypay.defense.gov/BlendedRetirement
In this video #AskRobyn explains how to calculate a regular retirement defined benefit for both retirement systems.
Learn the basics of continuation pay in this #loveactually parody. Visit the Blended Retirement System Resource page here: http://militarypay.defense.gov/BlendedRetirment
Interested in opting into the Blended Retirement System, but don’t know how or where to go? Visit one of these designated resources to opt in during the open period Jan. 1-Dec. 31. 2018.
In this video, #AskRobyn explains that under both the legacy and blended military retirement systems, your Thrift Savings Plan account is portable, which means you can take it with you when you retire or separate.
A new, blended military retirement system goes into effect Jan. 1, 2018. See if you are one of the more than 1.6 million service members that will have a choice of retirement systems.
Don’t get financial help from the wrong folks. Get free, personal help on your retirement from your installation’s personal financial manager or counselor or from Military OneSource.
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Contributions to the TSP come automatically out of your paycheck. Starting in 2018, if you’re under the Blended Retirement System, you can boost your savings with automatic and matching contributions.
Contributing to the TSP
Interested in opting into the Blended Retirement System, but don’t know how or where to go? Visit one of these designated resources to opt in during the open period Jan. 1-Dec. 31. 2018.
Blended Retirement System Opt-in
Under the legacy High-3 and the new Blended Retirement Systems, service members can still receive a pension check. Use your time now to review your options under both systems.
Service Members' Retirement Systems
Under the Blended Retirement System, nearly 85 percent of service members will leave
the service with government-provided retirement savings, as opposed to 19 percent
today in the active-duty force and just 14 percent in the National Guard and Reserve.
More Members Eligible for Government Benefits
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Blended Retirement System, or BRS.
What is BRS?
A new retirement system goes into effect Jan. 1, 2018. See how the legacy “high-3” and the new Blended Retirement System compare if you stay until retirement.
Visit the BRS resource page here: http://militarypay.defense.gov/BlendedRetirement
Blended Retirement System: Retirement
A new retirement system goes into effect Jan. 1, 2018. See how the legacy “high-3” and the new Blended Retirement System compare in your first four years of service.
Visit the BRS resource page here: http://militarypay.defense.gov/BlendedRetirement
Blended Retirement System: First 4 years