What kind of retirement is it? Is it a pension plan or a 401K or what? Or some special military retirement benefit? If it is a 401K, yes you are entitled to some of it. It is considered an asset, just like any account (except there are penalties for withdrawal before retirement age). If you get half of that retirement, it will stay in a retirement account and you can not draw on it until you are of retirement age, even if your ex-H is retired and drawing on his half (presuming he is older).

You could also be entitled to social security benefits. I think the rule is something like you can get SS benefits at half the rate of what your ex-spouse will get, or take your own. Mine are very similar to what half of my ex-H's are, so I am just going to stick with my own. There may be a minimum number of years you need to be married to get this, so that is something you should look into. My marriage was over 20 years. It might be worth a trip to a lawyer for a one hour informational session to get some of your questions answered.

If your kids are under 18, you will be able to get some child support from your H, if he has a greater salary than you do and if you have at least partial custody. Again, this is something to ask a lawyer about to be sure. Since your H is military, you can probably keep your underage kids on his health insurance plan, which will continue once he retires.

You may also get spousal maintenance, which pays you a certain amount of support a month (not the same as child support). This can last for several years and depends on the length of the marriage, how your salary compares to his, whether you gave up your career for him and to look after the family, and other things too. If your H makes less than you do, you could end up having to pay him maintenance. See lawyer for the details.

Good luck.