Pursuant to Article 18 of the RA Law on State Pensions:
1. A long term military service pension shall be granted to the following military servants who have served in the respective authorities, as well as penitentiary institutions and court act enforcement services (hereinafter also referred to as the military servant) as prescribed by the laws regulating the service in the above-listed institutions and:
1) Have at least 20 (calendar) years’ length of military service at the time of their due retirement from the military service (hereinafter the military service);
2) In connection with attaining of the retirement age for militaries have at least 25 years’ length of service at the time of their retirement from the military service because of old age or health status of which at least 12 years and 6 months count for their military service.
3) At the time of retiring due to a redundancy plan have reached the age of 45 and have earned at least a 25 calendar years’ length of service out of which at least 12 calendar years, 6 calendar months count for their military service.
2. The military servant shall be granted a pension upon his /her retirement in the manner prescribed by Law.
3. The long service military pension shall be granted for the lifetime.
