Comments on: What Should You Do with your TSP When You Leave the Service?

By: j lynn

j lynn — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:02 +0000

Thank you SO MUCH for writing this article! My husband is ETSing in 4 months and considering National Guard; we didn’t know what our options were, and reading through the TSP site left me utterly confused. We’re leaving the money in! THANK YOU!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:50:19 +0000

Shiela: From what I understand, yes, he will continue to be able to contribute to the Thrift Savings Plan when he joins the National Guard. Best of luck!

By: shiela

shiela — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:43:23 +0000

I have a question: my husband is separating from the military but is planning to join the Natioanl guard. Can he still make TSP contributions even he’s no longer in the active service? thank you!

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By: Dreamer

Dreamer — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:18:53 +0000

It is absolutely true that the TSP has very limited choices. But, they are solid choices, excellent for a good asset allocation plan, and the fees are unbelievably low. I agree: Even if it's a little inconvenient to keep more than one account, keep it in the TSP. For a little advice on the TSP, I defer to the outstanding Paul Merriman, an investment advisor that gives excellent, free, advice on proper asset allocation and index fund investing on his website, FundAdvice.com. His article on TSP can be found here.

By: Jarhead

Jarhead — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:58:05 +0000

I think with the way things are going today any service member that has a deployed multiple times and has contributed to the TSP would be wise to keep their money there when they seperate. True you won’t be able to keep contributing but taxfree money growing tax free will out weigh that (just make sure you invest somewhere else).

With contribution limits higher on the TS than a Roth IRA you might be well off investing as much as you can while deployed to take advantage of the tax free growing of non-taxed monies.