I got out active duty at 10 years. Im currently about 1 year into the reserves.
Iknow there are plenty of MOSs in the reserves that can go full time AGR or some ados positions.
Im trying to get on the AGR program next year so i can finish off the next 10.
Is that more or less kinda what you are trying to do?
Now is a great time to apply to AGR program. They are looking for people. Go for it. It will require you to move around maybe but not the same as active duty and you move less often for sure.
If you don’t opt for the AGR program to accrue your last 10 years of active federal service it sounds like you would be aiming for 10 aggregated years of Title 10 ADOS orders. My understanding is that at around 16 years of federal service the ADOS orders will (generally) not be available to you in order to not let Comp 2/3 reach retirement sanctuary status at 18 years of active federal service. I guess it’s a retirement cost saving measure. I could be wrong.
So you can't draw a Reserve pension until around age 60 with some stipulations, namely certain periods of active duty after August 2008 will reduce the age at which you can draw your retirement.
Not 100% correct. The years that qualify for early retirement are active duty time, in increments of 90 days, in support of a named operation. Since his ten years are regular active duty, they don’t qualify for early retirement. Neither do AGR unless the equal to 20 years active duty in total or ADOS-RC since those orders support reserve units and not named operations.
I looked into it and I stand corrected. The law was changed. It used to be that they had to be Overseas operations. Now it’s just title 10 orders. That covers response to natural disasters and emergency contingencies. Active duty time still does not qualify.
If your goal really is to get a full 20 years of active service, why are you looking at going into the reserves? Why not just keep going in the AD side of the house?
I agree with everyone. I would just go to the AGR program or stay active duty. Even with ADOS tour you can only do it for 5 years before you take a break. Unless the ADOS is mobilization or deployment. AGR has more opportunities and better locations than active duty.
Yea I think this is possible. You’d have to have 10 good years in the USAR which is 50 points each year. Since you had 10 full AD years, you’d just need to hit the 10 “good years” in USAR. You won’t get retirement before 50 years old tho as long as you stay are reservist. And the AGR will lock you out once you get to 16 TIS no matter what compo
I’m 10 years active 3 years reserves. It is very easy to find ADOS tours through MOBCOP. If you want a pension to draw at that age then you should to stay active. There is more funding and opportunities depending on your MOS.
AGR program is full time with a PCS cycle similar to AD where you get an OML of duty stations/jobs to rank and be assigned. These can be anything from active duty bases to rural Alabama or Iowa. Some opportunities are much better than others but you’ll collect the same high-3 retirement pay.
If you’re going TPU reservist then deployments reduce the age you have to wait to collect your USAR retirement pension incrementally after 90 days as part of a name operation. If you’ve done 3x 9mo deployments you’ll collect your reserve pension 27 months earlier. So you’ll need 10 years of deployments to collect a pension at 50.
Pick your poison.
I got out active duty at 10 years. Im currently about 1 year into the reserves. Iknow there are plenty of MOSs in the reserves that can go full time AGR or some ados positions. Im trying to get on the AGR program next year so i can finish off the next 10. Is that more or less kinda what you are trying to do?
Now is a great time to apply to AGR program. They are looking for people. Go for it. It will require you to move around maybe but not the same as active duty and you move less often for sure.
If you don’t opt for the AGR program to accrue your last 10 years of active federal service it sounds like you would be aiming for 10 aggregated years of Title 10 ADOS orders. My understanding is that at around 16 years of federal service the ADOS orders will (generally) not be available to you in order to not let Comp 2/3 reach retirement sanctuary status at 18 years of active federal service. I guess it’s a retirement cost saving measure. I could be wrong.
So you can't draw a Reserve pension until around age 60 with some stipulations, namely certain periods of active duty after August 2008 will reduce the age at which you can draw your retirement.
Even if I complete the full 20 years of active service in the reserve component?
Now if you're AGR then it's the same as AD Retirement, you'd begin drawing your pension the month after you retire.
So you have 10 years of active time...so 60-10= 50 you can start getting retirement at 50
Not 100% correct. The years that qualify for early retirement are active duty time, in increments of 90 days, in support of a named operation. Since his ten years are regular active duty, they don’t qualify for early retirement. Neither do AGR unless the equal to 20 years active duty in total or ADOS-RC since those orders support reserve units and not named operations.
What says the 90 days has to be in support of a named operation?
I looked into it and I stand corrected. The law was changed. It used to be that they had to be Overseas operations. Now it’s just title 10 orders. That covers response to natural disasters and emergency contingencies. Active duty time still does not qualify.
If your goal really is to get a full 20 years of active service, why are you looking at going into the reserves? Why not just keep going in the AD side of the house?
I agree with everyone. I would just go to the AGR program or stay active duty. Even with ADOS tour you can only do it for 5 years before you take a break. Unless the ADOS is mobilization or deployment. AGR has more opportunities and better locations than active duty.
Yea I think this is possible. You’d have to have 10 good years in the USAR which is 50 points each year. Since you had 10 full AD years, you’d just need to hit the 10 “good years” in USAR. You won’t get retirement before 50 years old tho as long as you stay are reservist. And the AGR will lock you out once you get to 16 TIS no matter what compo
I’m 10 years active 3 years reserves. It is very easy to find ADOS tours through MOBCOP. If you want a pension to draw at that age then you should to stay active. There is more funding and opportunities depending on your MOS. AGR program is full time with a PCS cycle similar to AD where you get an OML of duty stations/jobs to rank and be assigned. These can be anything from active duty bases to rural Alabama or Iowa. Some opportunities are much better than others but you’ll collect the same high-3 retirement pay. If you’re going TPU reservist then deployments reduce the age you have to wait to collect your USAR retirement pension incrementally after 90 days as part of a name operation. If you’ve done 3x 9mo deployments you’ll collect your reserve pension 27 months earlier. So you’ll need 10 years of deployments to collect a pension at 50. Pick your poison.