When the Blended Retirement System was created more than five years ago, one of its primary goals was to help service members set themselves up financially for the future, even if they didn’t stay for ...

HM2 Ronald Rhea has chosen the new Blended Retirement System, weighing the choices carefully for the financial future of his family. Here he's pictured with wife Cheri, Kailei, 8 and Koi, 5. (Courtesy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about personal finance, retirement, and military benefits. The new military retirement plan, the Blended Retirement System ...

Monday marked the launch of the federal government’s new blended retirement system for military personnel, and officials at the government's 401(k)-style retirement savings plan have developed a ...

The Defense Department’s Office of the Actuary released a report this month that projects “take rates” for the most controversial feature of the new Blended Retirement System (BRS): the option at ...

Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, II MEF Information Group, provide security during a battalion field exercise at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on July 17. (Lance Cpl.

Earlier this week we discussed how the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) works for active duty members. We have another video from the Air Force that explains how reservists can benefit from ...

When the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program underwent an effort to significantly upgrade the capacity of its customer-service phone line, officials expected wait times to ...

The new retirement system is vastly different than previous ones. Some members have the option to switch. Learn the facts before you make a choice. The Blended Retirement System has begun. The new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the Blended Retirement System was created more than five years ago, one of its primary goals was to help service members set ...