Editor's note: The following is a guest commentary by two active-duty economics professors from the U.S. Military Academy. This is the second in a reoccurring series to educate service members on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2017 -- The Defense Department has launched mandatory training for eligible service members about their options under the "Blended Retirement System" nearly a year before that new ...

Federal agencies released new information this week to help current military service members decide whether to opt into the new blended retirement program, which is slated to come online next year.

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 ...

The Department of Defense is introducing a new system to help service members save for retirement in January 2018. Simply put, the Blended Retirement System (BRS) is a combination of the legacy ...

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 ...

When the first wave of active-duty personnel who opt into the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) next year start to retire a decade later, they will face a decision on retired pay so unusual that the ...