Blended Retirement System

Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)

Number of TSP participants receiving a full match reaches record high

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TSP

Satisfaction among TSP participants declines in 2023 survey

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Military member enrollment in TSP’s blended retirement system reaches record high

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TSP

TSP participation up while FRTIB on track to launch new digital tools

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TSP satisfaction remains high, but participants have ideas on how it can improve

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Worried about saving enough for retirement? You’re not alone!

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Worried about saving enough for retirement? You’re not alone!

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Most participants still like the TSP, but satisfaction among new military members lags

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Adm. Karl Schultz, Coast Guard commandant, delivers the 2019 State of the Coast Guard Address at Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach in San Pedro, Calif., Thursday, March 21, 2019. Strapped with an aging fleet, the U.S. Coast Guard is about to award a contract for a much-needed new icebreaker to help compete against Russia and China for a presence in the Arctic, but the service needs more funding for operations and infrastructure, its commandant said Thursday. (Seaman Ryan Estrada/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

New personnel flexibilities pose mid-career retention challenges for the Coast Guard

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Lt. Gen. Charles Luckey, chief of the Army Reserve addresses soldiers at Fort Bragg (U.S. Army  photo by Master Sgt. Mark Bell)

Army Reserve talent grab is all about location, location, location

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DoD blended retirement now has more than half a million enrollees

Two weeks after the cut off, DoD now says more than 400,000 service members signed up for the blended retirement system (BRS) and 150,000 new service members…

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A Central American migrant lowers herself down from atop the border wall onto the U.S. side, after crossing in Playas of Tijuana, Mexico, late Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. By word of mouth, some migrants have realized they can simply cross into U.S. territory, largely uninhibited by Mexican authorities, and turn themselves into U.S. border patrol agents as a way to apply for asylum. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Shutdown game of chicken: What’s in a word?

Could the likelihood of a government shutdown or a coast-to-coast barrier depend on what we the U.S. decide to call it? Some so-called Washington experts…

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Service members are running out of time to opt-in to the blended retirement system

Members of the military who joined before Jan. 1, 2018, only have until the end of the year to join the blended retirement system.

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