http://www.militarytimes.com/story/...2015/05/31/retirement-reform-chiefs/28088495/
I think some of this has already been covered, but there was a specific segment of this article which made alarms go off in my head.
" Welsh also said the chiefs will recommend that the individual contributions and the dollar-for-dollar match should not begin until after a service member completes his or her first term of enlistment.
"You should not be able to up your matching to 5 percent until you re-enlist the first time, and that way you actually think through: How much of your money do you really want to put in this TSP account?" Welsh told airmen during the virtual town hall meeting. "
I am confused.... so the proposal is that they won't allow members to put money into TSP until after their retirement or that the military won't match a members contributions until after their re-enlistment.
To me, this invalidates a huge portion of the "positives (for service members)" for reforming the retirement policy. I guess you get "something" aka the 1% toward retirement, but if you don't stay in past your initial enlistment, then the 1% is almost a slap in the face. On top of that, enlistment lengths are different depending on what community you join. So someone who has a longer initial enlistment, due to extra school / more money spent to train you, is punished, by losing out on retirement benefits.