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Originally posted by the new JR Jansen:
Well, i do agree that it certainly looks that way. But, and correct me if i'm wrong here, the spet. 11th payments are a one time deal. Let's take a person who can benefit from the $833 a month for 40 years without kids. That would amount to around $399.000. Granted not the 1.1 mil but still more then the 250.000 that was guaranteed. And i'm not sure about how long this keeps up, ie does it stop when your at the pension age or not ?
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YES it does stop at 65 years of age, from that point on you get Social Security, while you still have priviledges of shopping on base and getting medical attention on base, that is a small thing compared to putting your life on the line for 20+ years while in the military.
As for the insurance there maybe a cap of 450,000 for that type of insurance only!!! As a citizen of the USA any military member has the right to buy private life insurance for what ever amount they can afford, just like any other citizen. To bring up something that each and everyone of us should take care of themselves,but didn't or did and hold that up as a reason for "X Y or Z" is just plain silly.