'Blended' Military Retirement Plan Not as Popular as Projected Only 280,000 active-duty members and just over 72,000 reserve component personnel chose to shift out of the High-3 plan.
Final Opt-In Rates for Blended Retirement Yield More Surprises Comparisons across branches show the singular effectiveness of the Marine Corps' approach to deepening interest in the BRS.
With Retirement System Opt-In Numbers Low, Officials Make Final Push Only about 19 percent of the 1.6 million troops eligible to switch into the DoD's new Blended Retirement System have done so.
Opting In Sooner for Blended Retirement Can Add Value to TSP 900,000 active duty service members and 700,000 drilling Reserve and Guard members are eligible to opt out of a rigid yet...
Lump Sum 'Take Rates' Projected for New Blended Retirement The lump-sum payment option for the Blended Retirement System is enticing. Should you take it?
Study: Blended Retirement System Won't Harm Retirees or Force A new study commissioned by the Marine Corps concludes that the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) won’t endanger force...
Blended Retirement's Lump Sum Feature Enticing But Is It Fair? Those who opt into the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) will face a decision on retired pay so unusual that the DoD has...
Personnel Chiefs Worry Over Deployment Pace, New Blended Retirement DoD personnel chiefs are worried about too frequent deployments, erratic budget practices, and the new Blended Retirement...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
