I understand that you get 1pt for every day of active duty. I have two questions. How many total pts do you need to retire and if I have 12 yrs active, how many yrs do I need in the Guard to retire? Hope I asked that correctly.
While you'll get a ton of retirement points you need to serve 8 years to get your 20 for retirement, a Guard retirement DOESN'T pay you until you turn 60. Unless you're ineligible to go AD or have something good going in your civilian life you may want to consider going back/staying AD. The points determine your retirement pay but you still need to put in the number of years.
This is just a rough guide, check around for more info. Here's a PDF from the TX NG that gives you some info on retirement from the Guard/Reserve.
In the guard you will need a minimum of 1000 pts to retire(max is 9000). Typically, guardsmen earn about 77 pts a year, just drilling and attending AT.
You will need 20 Qualifying years to retire. A qualifying year is one in which you earn 50 or more points. If you do not earn 50 pts in a year, then it will not count towards retirement.
Pay attention to the qualifying years, I have 11 years in, but they are not all qualified, so I need to serve more then 9 years to retire, even though I will have 20 years of service. :-(
I have been trying to find some online resources to figure out how many points I have, how many good years, etc, but have struck out.
Originally posted by 4746167: In the guard you will need a minimum of 1000 pts to retire(max is 9000). Typically, guardsmen earn about 77 pts a year, just drilling and attending AT.
You will need 20 Qualifying years to retire. A qualifying year is one in which you earn 50 or more points. If you do not earn 50 pts in a year, then it will not count towards retirement.
Pay attention to the qualifying years, I have 11 years in, but they are not all qualified, so I need to serve more then 9 years to retire, even though I will have 20 years of service. :-(
I have been trying to find some online resources to figure out how many points I have, how many good years, etc, but have struck out.
IIRC, when the new DIMHRS system comes out, you'll be able to check your retirement points online.
Originally posted by MLPETTY: 4746167, what do you mean, that all of your 11 yrs do not count? Were they active yrs? If so, should they not count? Please explain.
Confused Marine (no jokes please)
He most likely means that for some reason or another, he didn't get 50 points in that year, so it doesn't count as one of the 20 for retirement. He'll still get the points from that year and it'll still be counted for time in service purposes, but it doesn't count towards the required 20.
Legal Rattler has it correct. I have years, that for one reason or another I did not accrue 50 pts. I think that number is also counting my years in the IRR pool, where I did not accure pts at all. So, some of my records show 11 years of service but in determining retirement eligibility, it is more like 8 or 9.
All 12 of my years are hard time, (Jan-Dec, no breaks.) Is this something that is decided state to state? I'm not in yet. Who would I see that can give me a DIRECT answer? Tks for the help.
If you have 12 full years of active duty, each of those will be a qualifying year for reserve retirement. They'll also be converted to their equivalent in retirement points (1 day active duty=1 point). You will then need 8 more qualifying years to be able to retire.
