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for information on other military

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benefits . Let's go to the newsroom

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where Staff Sergeant Sean Hostel has a

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rundown of some new benefits coming to

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airmen . Thank you . Sergeant

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Hutchinson , Military families from

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around the world recently completed the

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2012 Military family lifestyle survey .

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According to the survey of over 4000

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military family members , 70% of those

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surveyed were satisfied with the

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military lifestyle And 60% would

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recommend the military for young people .

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The survey also found the biggest

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concerns for veterans who are

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separating from the military , where

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employment opportunities followed by

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access to health care . In fact , life

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after the military was the top issue on

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the survey , 31% of respondents listed

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possible changes to retirement benefits

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as their biggest concern . And while we

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may not be able to control potential

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changes , there are other ways Airmen

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can prepare for life after the Air

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Force for years . Airmen have used the

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thrift savings plan to help prepare for

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their retirement and coming in october

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the TSP will have a new option for

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Airman Airman first class Hillary

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Herock fills us in on what the new TSP

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Roth has to offer . The TSP is

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basically just saving for the future .

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What the TSP is to me is uh , is a

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program for young women like myself to

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uh kind of like uh investment thing .

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We can invest more money . I think

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every month , possibly get a larger

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return . It's a retirement plan been

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investing in mind for about a year and

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a half now I think I'm pretty much

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you're doing spot . It seems these

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Langley air men understand the basics

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of the thrift savings plan , but when I

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asked them about the Tsp Roth feature

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available in October 2012 . Most hadn't

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heard of it . With the new Roth feature ,

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contributions are taken out of your

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paycheck after your income is taxed .

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So when you withdraw funds from your

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Roth account , your withdrawals are tax

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free . What this does with this new

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Roth TSP , As I said earlier , it

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offers more flexibility and opportunity

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and plus it helps individuals jumpstart

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their retirement plan . Airman first

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class clement thomas sang of the 27th

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Intelligence Squadron says he has the

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TSP because he agrees that it's

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important to start saving for his

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future sooner rather than later .

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That's a great thing for young I'm

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going to do , especially if you don't

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know if you're staying in or getting

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out because if you're staying in might

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as well just start doing it . For more

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information about the new Tsp Roth plan ,

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visit the website www dot tst dot gov

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Airman first class Hillary Herrick ,

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Langley Air Force Base Virginia