Marilyn, there are two lengths of service for a lot of military personel. There is actual "Time In" and "Time in for Pay Purposes". As each enlistment period approaches, one can "re-up" early in some cases,"for the benefit of the service". For example, I reinlisted twice and received a total of about 6 months credit. When I was detached, I had 10.5 years in actual service, but was credited with 11 years for pay purposes. That meant that I could have retired after 19.5 years with full retirement benefits of 20 years. Del the Dragon Argue not with dragons, For thou art crunchy and go well with brie ----- Original Message ----- From: "marilyn E B" <marilyneb@gmail.com> To: "gen-newbie" <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com>; "AN-INTERNET-FAMILY@GOOGLEGROUPS.COM" <an-internet-family@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 11:40 AM Subject: [GN] Military Information Would there be anyone with some knowledge Navy Retirement. Through Ancestry today I found my uncle's exact dates of enlistment and retirement. But the years do not total out to 20. Would his duty during WWll and the Korean War have a bearing on his being able to retire before a full 20 years? Actually 6 months shy of 20 years. By the way WWll Records are free through Dec. 7th. Marilyn -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message