F/A-18 crashes; pilot dies

Gotta brush up on those reading skills....from the first paragraph:

"Survivors of members who die while on active duty and survivors of members
recalled to active duty from retirement who die while on active duty are
also protected by the SBP."

Too many active duty people fail to enroll in SBP, unfortunately. Insurance
that you don't buy will not help your survivors.

Bob
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Did that work for active duty or was that only for retirees?

-Robert

Gotta brush up on those reading skills....

Well, I'll leave you to work on that. In the mean time, do you recall
if that benefit applied to active duty back in the 70's.

-Robert

Robert

Retired in 72. Been paying into the system ever since.($25-$30 a
month).

Wife will get 55 percent of retirement monthly if I die before her.

There is no vesting as when I die and my wife dies the money stops. It
does not continue and go to the children, estate, etc.


Big John
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On 20 Jan 2006 19:12:53 -0800, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

Gotta brush up on those reading skills....

Well, I'll leave you to work on that. In the mean time, do you recall
if that benefit applied to active duty back in the 70's.

-Robert

I retired in 66, so I'm not up on anything that happened vis a vis active
duty in the 70's. I'm sure that the answer to your question can be found on
the web.


"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Gotta brush up on those reading skills....

Well, I'll leave you to work on that. In the mean time, do you recall
if that benefit applied to active duty back in the 70's.

-Robert

Looks like even today, that only applies to fully vested active duty
members...
"If you are on active duty, retirement-eligible and have a spouse
and/or children..."

That just seems so strange to us civilians. If something were to happen
to me, my wife gets my 401 and the balance of the contributions to my
work retirement program, even though I'm only in my 30's (I could
actually cash them all out myself right now, I'd just have to pay tax
penalties)
Seems strange that military members who die before they fully vest in
the retirement just lose all their retirement.

-Robert

Can we say Social Security?

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message

Seems strange that military members who die before they fully vest in
the retirement just lose all their retirement.

-Robert