<prompt> Human: Im 20 years old and in the Canadian Armed Forces and after 25 years of continuous service I am eligible to retire with a 50 pension. The pension takes your 5 best years of earnings so in the end I will be looking at living on somewhere around 40-45k a year. What other steps should I be taking to ensure that I will be able to meet my goal?  <response>: start saving on your own. you can never be sure what will happen so you want to prepare for the worst. also check out rfinancialindependence 