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McKinsey & Company Anyone at McKinsey & Company willing to refer a Marine veteran (OIF, I swear I will not eat all the crayons. "Crayons" are for art is what my wife tells me to tell myself)
5yrs Marines (Sgt, Comm maint tech w infantry Bn)
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I'm looking for a role in McK serving O&G, industrial, capital projects clients. Open to generalist roles as well. Can review for vetting.
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Yes, there is an official definition of retired. Retired = eligible for pension/ retirement pay.
Veteran simply means you served, so all service retirees are veterans, but only about 12.5% percent of veterans are classified as retired.
Typically, one must serve a minimum of 20 years to be eligible for retirement, but there are exceptions such as medical retirement and early retirement. Early retirements are usually offered by the services for administrative or budgetary reasons and members who meet certain criteria can opt in (like maybe 15+ years service and 8+ at a specific pay grade). Someone who retired at 12yrs is likely medically retired.
Reservists and guard can also retire, but that still requires 20+ years in most cases, and the pension calculations are far more complicated based on how much of their time was AD vs reserve.
Retirement is a completely separate classification from veteran, which does matter not only for pensions but also other benefits. For instance, only retirees used to be eligible for lifetime national park passes. (That one changed in 2022; now all veterans are eligible).
Technically a vet who claims falsely to be a retiree could be accused of stolen valor, although that would likely never be pursued unless they were claiming benefits fraudulently.
Certain disability rating thresholds qualify for other benefits too, even if they're not retired.
I'm not sure if there's a definite term for retired military. However, I accept those who have done 20+/- years of service and those medically retired, as retired service members. All others are former service members.
I was medically retired, and my Army ID card says "retired," and I only did a few years of service.
If this doesn't suit you, you can always do an internet search for your answer.
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again not hating just curious lol
actually saw someone in IET get an injury and talked about going for med retirement
Medical retirement perhaps?
As far as I’m aware, retirement means a person reached a time in service that allowed them to retire (i.e., 20+ years) or was medically retired because injury or illness rendered them unable to do the job.
I would guess this is the latter, but it’s also possible the person had a combination of active and reserve component service that allowed it. I’m not sure how that calculation works.