{"id":27714,"date":"2024-05-07T14:43:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T14:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/05\/07\/ask-reg-what-happens-to-my-6c-retirement-if-i-take-a-different-job\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:23:19","slug":"ask-reg-what-happens-to-my-6c-retirement-if-i-take-a-different-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/fedlife\/retirement\/2024\/05\/07\/ask-reg-what-happens-to-my-6c-retirement-if-i-take-a-different-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Reg: What happens to my 6c retirement if I take a different job?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Fed Times reader asks:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have 25.6 years of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/fedlife\/retirement\/2022\/11\/22\/how-would-taking-a-non-6c-position-affect-my-fers-retirement\/\" target=\"_blank\">6c law enforcement time<\/a> as a border patrol agent. I have bought back my military time for a total of 34 years of creditable service . I am planning on leaving the USBP to an uncovered 0132 position with CBP Office of Intelligence in March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since I\u2019m not officially retiring, but have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afge.org\/leaders-activists\/steering-committees\/law-enforcement-committee\/6c-and-law-enforcement-officers-retirement-benefits-for-cbp-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\">fulfilled my 6c law enforcement time, <\/a>when I do choose to retire, do I forfeit my law enforcement pension special supplemental for law enforcement officers?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/your-career\/2023\/03\/21\/how-is-leo-retirement-calculated-if-i-move-out-of-6c-position\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ask_the_expert.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How is LEO retirement calculated if I move out of 6c position?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Law Enforcement Officer, or LEO, annual locality rates at other grades match the rates for other (non-LEO) employees.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reg\u2019s response:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Absolutely not! 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