Panetta: Any Retirement Changes Won’t Affect Serving Military

Panetta: Any Retirement Changes Won’t Affect Serving Military

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2011 – In his clearest statement on the subject to date, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said today that if the military retirement system changes, it will not affect serving service members.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, holds a roundtable discussion with members of the press in his office at the Pentagon, Aug. 19, 2011. Writers representing American Forces Press Service, Stars and Stripes, and the Military Times Media Group interviewed Panetta on issues related to security and military forces. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey Related Entries Panetta: Military Will Be Smaller, More Agile, Deployable No Changes to Military Retirement Anytime Soon, Officials Say Officials Stress Keeping Faith on Military Retirement Panetta Urges Leadership in Budget Decisions Recent Entries Quick Fantasy Baseball Streaming Options for 5/20/13 Analysis of PTEN Methylation Patterns in Soft Tissue Sarcomas by MassARRAY Spectrometry Mitochondrial Respiratory Pathways Inhibition in Rhizopus oryzae Potentiates Activity of Posaconazole and Itraconazole via Apoptosis Mitogenomic Phylogenetics of Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus spp.): Genetic Evidence for Revision of Subspecies Overexpression of a MADS-Box Gene from Birch (Betula platyphylla) Promotes Flowering and Enhances Chloroplast Development in Transgenic Tobacco Featured Video Twitter Updates follow Elites TV on Twitter Elites TV • a KBC Media Company • Copyright © 2009 • All Rights Reserved • Editor: Chris Barrett • Fitness: Fit Lizzy • PR: PRserve