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Reserve component members could do so if they had fewer than 4,320 drill points for retirement by that date. Members who enter service on or after Jan. 1, 2018, have no choice; BRS became their plan.

Current reserve retirement offers little or no incentive for members to serve past 20 years, Stultz said, because longer service doesn’t change the age 60 start of annuities. So it’s ...

When Lt. Cmdr. Randy Sowinski sent his retirement package to Navy Personnel Command in Tennessee in September, the reserve intelligence officer was about six months shy of turning 60. Then April came.

Reserve component retirees begin their participation when they reach their full retirement age, presumably age 60 but may be sooner if active duty reductions apply.

Stultz said he would like to see both provisions to lower reserve retirement age enacted and put to work simultaneously. “You’ve got to cap it though,” he said.