Active Duty Retirement

Members who accumulate 20 or more years of active service are eligible for retirement. There are three non-disability retirement plans currently in effect for active duty retirees. These are Final Pay plan, High-36 Month Average plan, and Military Retirement Reform Act of 1986 (more commonly referred to as REDUX) plan.

The basic retirement formula is:

Retired Pay Base  X  Multiplier %

Final Pay Plan

The Final Pay plan uses the Final Pay method to determine the retired pay base. See the Retirement tab.

The Final Pay plan uses a multiplier % that is 2½% times the years of creditable service. The years of creditable service for an active duty retirement calculation is the sum of years of active service (i.e., active duty or full-time National Guard duty) and any additional years computed by adding all reserve points, if any (except those for active service)and dividing by 360.

High-36 Plan

The High-36 retirement plan uses the High-36 method to determine the retired pay base. See the Retirement tab.

The High-36 retirement plan uses a multiplier % that is the same as the final pay plan.

REDUX Plan

The REDUX retirement plan is an option available only to active duty members who entered service on or after August 1, 1986. It includes a $30,000 Career Status Bonus (CSB).

The REDUX retirement plan uses the High-36 method to determine the retired pay base. See the Retirement tab.

The REDUX retirement plan uses a multiplier that is the same as for the High-36 retirement plan, except the multiplier is reduced by one percentage point for each year less than 30 the member has at retirement.

To learn more about the REDUX retirement plan, select it from the navigation bar on the left.

Years of Service

The years of creditable service for computation of the retired pay percentage multiplier include all active duty and any credited reserve points divided by 360.