Do your years in ROTC or at an academy count towards the twenty years needed to "retire" from the military??

Question

say i go to an academy 09-13 and stay in until 29, is that 20 years and i can retire and receive military retirement pay or must i stay in until 33?

Answer 1

You sound like the perfect officer.

You are thinking of retirement before you even sign on.

Have you picked out your second career yet?

Perhaps a politician?

The military is a lifestyle.  A family.  Not just a means to an end.  If you don't believe in it, you don't deserve to be an officer.  An officer makes decisions that can cost lives or save lives.  Focus on that, not retirement.  Are you able to make those decisions?  Can you live with the consequences if you choose poorly?  Will men follow you because they want to or because they have to?

If you are talking to a recruiter you should ask him about retirement.  Why don't you just go get an MBA?

Answer 2

rotc is school.  join military @ 17  stay in twenty, you're 37.

Answer 3

ROTC no, you are not considered on active duty.  West point, service academies, yes.  Your four years will be considered time in service.  So you will be an 0-1 w/0 years from ROTC  (your prior service time as enlisted is added to this so if you were an e-5 with 5 years then you would be 0-1e w/5 years  You get more money having been enlisted too, look up the pay scales, there is one for 0-1 and 0-1e  up to 0-4 and then it goes to regular 0 pay no matter what)      01 w/4 years from service academy. So yes, if you were to attend a military academy starting in 09 you could technically be eligible for retirement in 29

Answer 4

nope.  only Active duty counts.  ROTC and Academies count towards IRR nothing more.  

Answer 5

No, no years whether they be in ROTC or at a service academy will not count toward your 20 years in the military.  The time in either program will help your career progression through the experiences that you have their, but they will not add to your time in service