Originally Posted by
UNM1136
Many state retirement plans allow educational, state, county, and municipal employees (for the sake of this discussion, cops/hose draggers, but just about all covered positions...) To buy their .mil time...that may be more portable/flexible with your wife's situation in the short and long term, vs being moved across the country as she gets into her assorted residency/intern plans.
Do your homework though. Some allow you to buy only a part of your time. Buying your time earlier is usually much cheaper than buying it later. Defined benefit plans are generally better than defined contribution plans. And, if federal is where you want to end up the clock may be.ticking. A few years back when a co worker checked his .mil time would offset the maximum hiring age. I don't know if that has changed across the board or if it was just for specific positions.
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