When you serve two years in the army,do they give you a check for life.

Question

Also,around how much will it be if you do.

Answer 1

How did you manage 2 years in the Army in this day and age? Did something change that I don't know about? I was required to do 4 years Air Force. To answer your question, it takes about 20 years to get your pension. You've gotta retire. Billy11B is absolutely correct. If you became disabled during those 2 years, you would get benefits from the VA. That's if and only if you filed your claim on time. The GI Bill is only good to you if you signed up for it and intend to go to college.  

Answer 2

You only get a check for life (aka retirement) if you serve 20 years, are given an early retirement or get a medical retirement.  At the end of two years service you get a thank you, a discharge and six more years in the IRR.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The only way to get a check for life with only 2 years of service is if you have to claim disablity from an injury received while active duty ... the VA will review medical records to see what percent someone is disabled if at all.  I.E. knee injuries..combat injuries, etc

Answer 5

No, unless you are injured and are disabled as a result of your service. In order to get a check for life, you must serve at least 20 years. At that time you can transfer to the inactive reserves and 10 years later you are officially retired.

Answer 6

Sorry, it takes at least a 20 year commitment to the Armed Forces to get a pay check for life!

Answer 7

The the only way you get 'a check for life' is to retire from the military.  

Answer 8

That's 20 not 2.  What you do get after two years, are full VA benefits, plus the new GI Bill.  Also, useful life experience that employers greatly value.

Answer 9

No.  You can retire after 20 years.  At that point, you will get a standard federal government retirement check that will be a percentage of what your salary was at the time you retired.

Also, there's no such thing as a 2-year contract.   ALL military contracts are for 8 years.  The only thing to negotiate is how many of those years will be Active Duty and how many will be with the Inactive Reserves.   If you do a 4 year Active Duty stint, you'll have 4 years to spend with the inactive reserves.  If you do a 5-year enlistment, you'll do 3 yrs on the inactive reserves list.