Dod's blended retirement calculator

[Mos]

Manny of you have probably seen the message publicizing the brs comparison calculator (http://militarypay.defense.gov/Calculators/BRS/).
I've been checking it out and something about it confuses me. I wanted to see what the results are for different numbers of years of reserve service after active duty. I found that the total package jumps significantly after 20 years for BRS. Why is that? Is the DoD still applying traditional pension rules if you continue to 20 despite opting for BRS?

 

[Swanee]

Manny of you have probably seen the message publicizing the brs comparison calculator (http://militarypay.defense.gov/Calculators/BRS/).
I've been checking it out and something about it confuses me. I wanted to see what the results are for different numbers of years of reserve service after active duty. I found that the total package jumps significantly after 20 years for BRS. Why is that? Is the DoD still applying traditional pension rules if you continue to 20 despite opting for BRS?

Sort of. You get 2%x years of service xbase pay of high three instead of 2.5%

 

[DanMa1156]

Manny of you have probably seen the message publicizing the brs comparison calculator (http://militarypay.defense.gov/Calculators/BRS/).
I've been checking it out and something about it confuses me. I wanted to see what the results are for different numbers of years of reserve service after active duty. I found that the total package jumps significantly after 20 years for BRS. Why is that? Is the DoD still applying traditional pension rules if you continue to 20 despite opting for BRS?

I think what you're looking at is when your TSP payments become available to you based on the age at which you expect to start taking withdrawals, or 59.5, whichever is later (based on your input). Otherwise, I misunderstood your question.