Does the military pay after you resign? If so, how much?

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1. If you retire, yes. It is based on your rank upon retirement + your years in service at retirement.

   If you join fresh out of high-school and then get out 4 years later, no.

2. If you complete at least 3 years honorably, you get 4 years of college paid for. If you retire after a lengthy amount of time (15 or 20 years or whatever) you get a regular pension. If you’re deemed disabled, you get disability money every month based on a rating scale determined by your injuries/ailments that are service related.

3. -There are different mechanics depending on time of joining, but after 20 years active duty there’s a lifelong pension based around 2% or 2.5% of base pay (opposed to allowances, which can be a big difference) per year served that could be generous if mid-upper officer and possibly tolerable if upper enlisted. If you start early at ages 17-22 this means pension years could start at ages 37-42, and have an entire second career. That is to say, at the 2% rate, 20 years gets 40% base pay, and at the 2.5% rate, 30 years gets 75% of the base pay.
   Still means 20 years at least of bullshit. The real hypothetical moneymaker from military service is using VA home loans to acquire 4-unit houses/multiplexes that you are required to live in for 1 year until refinancing, and refinancing annually to build your own zero money down landlording empire. 7 or 8 unit if spouse is also eligible for VA loan.

4. We have different types of service, with national guard, reserve and Active Duty. Active Duty is full-time military duty. You must serve at least 6 consecutive months on active duty outside of your basic training in order to be considered a “veteran”. Once you are a veteran, you have certain benefits and privileges afforded by both the individual states and the whole US government Department of Veterans Affairs. This can include things like additional medical care, job training and career assistance, counseling, etc.

   If you get a disability rating as a result of active duty service, you get a monthly disability payment for the rest of your life.

   Otherwise, you can serve 20+ years in any combination of service (Active, reserve and/or guard) and get a retirement pension.

5. What others are saying, plus health care .

6. You don’t resign from the military. You’re in it until your enlistment is up. If you signed up for four years you’re going to stay there for four years; providing you don’t get kicked out or med boarded. If you retire with 20 years of service or more you get a pension. Under that does not. If you are injured in service the VA will pay disability, however.

7. okay, you need to understand the difference between resign(to quit) and re-sign(sign up again)

   If you resign, this option is only really available for Officers, Enlisted personel are on a hard contract, and you are not getting out of the contract length except for severe injury, pregnancy(female personel have the option of leaving on a medical discharge when they have a baby), or RIF(reduction in Force only available to someone on their second or later contract)

   Retirement is only available for servicemembers who have served for 20 years or more.

   When you re-sign: depending on service, your job or rate, and a number of other factors, sometimes there is a re-signing bonus.

   If you are kicked out via a dishonerable discharge you get nothing.