The Civilian Human Resources Agency (CHRA) encourages Army civilian employees to begin retirement planning early to ensure a ...

The Employee Benefit Research Institute released its 34th Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) in July, and the participants included more military and veteran households than in most years.

That percentage drops for military households earning $35,000 to $74,999, of whom 72% are confident of their retirement prospects, versus 61% of civilian households.

In general, military members who complete 20 years of qualifying service are eligible for retirement. For each qualifying year, you’ll need to have a minimum of 50 retirement points.