The ink is barely dry on the new retirement system passed by Congress for the nation’s military servicemembers, and already the Department of Defense is looking to postpone matching retirement contributions for those members who will be part of the new system.
The Military Times reported that DoD’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2017 wants to delay the time when servicemembers can start to receive matching retirement contributions—stalling those contributions from their third year of service to their fifth year of service.
Lawmakers intended for newer servicemembers to be able to have a retirement incentive for joining the military, even if they didn’t make it their career; this move would circumvent that incentive.
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