A reader on Military.com asks this question:
Q: Iām 18 years active duty with the US Navy. I was an E-6 from 2000ā2009 but got busted for UCMJ violation to E-5. I fall under the High-3 plan for retirement and a lot of my friends are saying that when I retire, I will get the E-6 retirement pay, but then again, some of my friends are saying I will not ā which is true?
The answer given is: