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Blended Retirement System Effective Jan. 1, 2018.

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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.

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Blended Military Retirement System Begins Jan. 1

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

https://www.dvidshub.net/video/538441/blended-retirement-system-first-4-years

Blended Retirement System: First 4 years

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

https://www.dvidshub.net/video/538445/blended-retirement-system-mid-career

Blended Retirement System: Mid-Career

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

https://www.dvidshub.net/video/538446/blended-retirement-system-retirement

Blended Retirement System: Retirement

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Blended Retirement System Opt-in

Military Families by the Numbers

More than 5 million Americans are part of today's military family; There are almost 2 million military children; One in four military spouses are unemployed and actively seeking work; Children of active-duty service members typically move six to nine times between kindergarten and high school graduation.

As of November 2015

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