military retirees
Discharged service personnel
Military retirees are former members of armed forces who have completed enough service to qualify for retirement benefits—typically twenty years or more.
They receive pensions and often retain access to military healthcare and base facilities.
The term distinguishes them from veterans generally, who may have served without reaching retirement eligibility: Military retirees saw their benefits cut in the new budget.
- veteransFormer armed forces members
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- honorableHaving high moral standards
- serviceAid or maintenance
twenty years · medals · benefits · VA · colonel · sergeant · parade · uniform · ceremony · tribute · base · commissary · flag · dress blues · salute · career · duty · enlisted
- Expatriatesexpats, emigres, permanent residents, green card holders, foreign workers
- pension recipientsannuitants, civil servants, government workers
- Veteransveteran, vets, war veteran, war veterans, VA
- Federal Hiringfederal jobs, merit system, job classification, veteran preference, direct hire