Not likely. So many military retirees start a second career and because of experience, may end up in civil service. Currently, military retirees who take DoD civilian jobs have two options. One, they can forfeit their military retirement and use those years of service as credit toward a civil service pension. Or two, they can keep their military retirement pay and start fresh in civil service, according to the OPM.
The reference range for aspartate aminotransferase (AST) is as follows: 1  Males: 6-34 IU/L. 2  Females: 8-40 IU/L.
The TSH Reference Range. As of 2017, at most laboratories in the U.S. the official reference range for the TSH test runs from approximately 0.5 to 4.5 or 5.0 (mIU/L). A patient whose TSH level is within the reference range is referred to as euthyroid, and is considered to have normal thyroid function. The reference rangeâalso sometimes called the normal rangeâis an important part of your overall thyroid diagnosis and treatment program, because the conventional endocrinology world considers it to be key to diagnosis and management of thyroid function.