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I thought healthcare and pensions weren't included in that $600B, but farmed out to other parts of the budget?
by vacri 9y ago
I thought healthcare and pensions weren't included in that $600B, but farmed out to other parts of the budget?
- torstenvl 9y agoNope. Pensions (technically, retired pay and retainer pay) come out of the MILPERS budget. Military retirees are still military personnel, and generally exist within one of three statuses within the reserve component of the last armed service in which they served. For Navy personnel, for example, they are on the Retired List, the Retired Reserve, or the Fleet Reserve.