Good deal on the gains and I too hope many more to come. I stated in my overlong post, everyone's situation is different. What I had going for me at the start of my .fed career was 24 years military time and that annuity. It paid PITI and some of the bills so no matter what happened I would have a roof to live under. Plus I lucked in to a .fed job that had a duty description ripped out of the AF classification manual for my specialty. Life has been good to me so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXWvKDSwvls
Not as good as Joe Walsh's but my old Dakota does 107 if you are crazy enough to hold you foot down that long. One time experiment since at about 90 it started making funny noises and doing funny things. A brick can only take so much wind.
So back on topic, I was able to contribute a lot to TSP early on. During my first year my balance was below my accumulated contributions at one point and if I had been monitoring it closely I would probably have quit contributing. It turned out OK by me ignoring it until later years. All my best to you and thanks for your service. I am starting to get annoyed with that cliche at times but mean it sincerely.
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