Has there ever been anyone to retire from 3 branches of the military?

Answer 1

You can only retire from the armed forces once.

You can actualy retire more than once, if you are recalled to active duty, but you are recalled back into the branch you retired from.

You cannot say retire from the army, then join the marines, serve 20 and retire from them, etc.

Answer 2

You would have to serve a minimum of 20 years to 'retire' from the military. At that point, you might be able to join another branch, but when you retire from that (let's assume you joined at 18. 18+20 is 38, 38+20 is 58), you would be way too old to join a third. When I was in the Marine Corps, the pay scale only covered 34 years of service. So I highly doubt that you would even be allowed to join a 3rd branch, if you were able to join the 2nd one in the first place.

I have heard of people trying to serve in all 4 branches in military, and, on paper at least, it is possible.

Answer 3

No , this is not mathematically possible. Let say you have to be 18 to enlist. You spend 20 years in the army and retire to join the Navy. You are now 28. You spend the next twenty years in the Navy, now you are 48. You then enlist in the Air Force, which you have to spend 20 years to retire. Do you really think that the Air Force will let you stay in till you are 68 years old to get another retirement?

Another factor you over look is that as you age, your physical abilities wane, and your physical condition deteriorates.

Answer 4

Absolutely there have been many who have joined every part of military service available to them,however it would be impossible to retire from three branches of service unless you stayed in for approximately sixty years, then your age would restrict you from doing just that. There are instances of people staying in the service well into their sixties, only because they had a critical MOS, and nobody to replace them.

I have never met a person who joined all three services who stood out as a highly motivated member of the armed services.

I see this as one way for an individual to hang around in the lower ranks of military life, not have to assume a lot of responsibility because of his rank, yet get out of that branch of service and move on to the next, start all over again until one day, he is qualified to retire and receive a pension.

Answer 5

My Old Man did.Served in Three Branches in World War 2.
2/15th Battalion 9th Division Lost fingers in Tobruk
Enlisted in American Merchant Marine for 12 months
Enlisted RAAF finished war in Jan 1946 at Tadje in S.W>Pacific
So he retired from all three services of militiary after 7 years service

Answer 6

Is it possible? I think the mandatory retirement age is 59. Isnt there a minimum number of years you would have to work to retire?