The following is a question submitted by a reader to Federal Times columnist Reg Jones, a charter member of the senior executive service and the resident expert on federal employee retirement issues.
A Fed Times reader asks:
“I have worked for Customs in a 6C position for 20 years. However, one of those 20 years I was activated to serve in Operation Enduring Freedom. I bought back the one year of this military time.
Does my one year I was deployed count toward my 20 years of 6C time, or do I need to work another year?”
Reg’s response:
Yes, it absolutely does count toward the 20 year requirement to retire under the 6c provision and have it used in the computation of your annuity.
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