"...Not a day passes that I don’t get at least one reader asking if active-duty military service is creditable for civilian retirement purposes and what you have to do to get that credit...
For active-duty service to be creditable for civilian retirement purposes, you have to have served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard. You’ll also get credit if you served as a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy or as a cadet in the U.S. Military Academy or the Air Force or Coast Guard academies. And you’ll get credit for any service when you were called to active duty or training duty while in the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps or the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps..."
For active-duty service to be creditable for civilian retirement purposes, you have to have served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard. You’ll also get credit if you served as a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy or as a cadet in the U.S. Military Academy or the Air Force or Coast Guard academies. And you’ll get credit for any service when you were called to active duty or training duty while in the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps or the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps..."
