Defence Force retirement age raised to 50

Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

The com­pul­so­ry re­tire­ment age for of­fi­cers hold­ing the rank of ma­jor in the Trinidad and To­ba­go Reg­i­ment, and equiv­a­lent ranks and be­low in the Trinidad and To­ba­go Coast Guard (TTCG) and the Trinidad and To­ba­go Air Guard (TTAG), has been in­creased from 47 to 50 years, as the Gov­ern­ment plans to ex­pand the De­fence Force to 9,270 per­son­nel in 2027.

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The Gov­ern­ment is al­so fi­nal­is­ing arrange­ments to fa­cil­i­tate the pay­ment of the salary in­creas­es and as­so­ci­at­ed ar­rears es­ti­mat­ed at $61.25 mil­lion to al­most 5,000 el­i­gi­ble De­fence Force mem­bers.