From the article today: "...Both men [McCabe and Strzok] were fired before they were eligible for their pension and health benefits..."
laplata, where did you hear they got their pensions? Of course, the NYT could be lying, but before my blood pressure spikes AGAIN...where did you hear it?
McCabe got a "reduced" pension. you may be confused because the fake news, wanting to feel sorry for scofflaw McCabe and garner sympathy, misreported that he would "lose" his pension. He only lost some of it. Once again, the fake news misreporting confuses matters.
If you read more of this thread you will get some good information on the pension system.