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Bill would expand reserve retirement credit

Any guardsman or reservist [who] has been called to active duty for more than 30 days or longer and has 20 years of service should be able to retire and collect retirement immediately. What makes the Guard or reserve personnel that put their lives in harm’s way, i.e., in Iraq or Afghanistan, any different [from] those in the active-duty service?

— SFC Ret

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As a reservist, you’re not there every day. But when you are, that time should be afforded to you in forms of compensation.

— E8 Navy Seabee

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Why would anyone go/stay [active duty]? If you can do 20 [years] in the reserve and get exactly the same retirement for doing one weekend a month and two weeks a year plus an additional 30 days sometime during that 20 years, why wouldn’t everyone do that?

— ringjamesa

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Reservists and guardsmen are doing active-duty rotations, losing their businesses, losing their jobs. I realize there are laws to protect from this, but try to prove it, because it normally doesn’t occur immediately upon return. We are required to be a mirror force in all matters, except retirement. Yes, our retirement is smaller, and that is why [active-duty] will remain AD. We are not asking for our retirement upon retirement, although at age 55 would be nice. We are asking for 90 for 90, and I believe this should be since the Iraq war began [in 1991], not Sept. 11, 2001.

— LThompson

Retired 4-stars repudiate Cheney on torture

These former flag officers are part of the problem, not the solution. These politicians are the reason other countries and splinter groups think we are weak and spineless. When we start promoting real warriors and not politicians, we will be on the road to defeating the enemy.

— rnavb52

Sailors on sea duty more likely to advance

I always thought that Sea Service Deployment Ribbons should count for award points. This would actually give sailors on arduous sea duty a greater advantage.

— Yggdrasil

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This just proves that the old adage “Sailors belong on ships, and ships belong at sea.” is right.

— Dan, CTOC(AW), USN, Retired