METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY USA

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                              Eric T. Steigerwalt
  Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Eric T. Steigerwalt, Chairman of the
Board, President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of MetLife
Insurance Company USA, a Delaware company, do hereby constitute and appoint
Michele H. Abate, Christine M. DeBiase, Andrew L. Gangolf, and John M.
Richards, as my attorney-in-fact and agent, each of whom may act individually
and none of whom is required to act jointly with any of the others, to sign and
file on my behalf and to execute and file any instrument or document required
to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to, the
Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto filed by MetLife
Insurance Company USA under the Securities Act of 1933, pertaining to the
T Mark fixed annuity, Fixed Annuity (aka Strategic Value), Registered Fixed
Account Option, MetLife Retirement Account Liquidity Benefit Annuity, MetLife
Target Maturity, MetLife Shield Level Selector, MetLife Shield Level Selector
3-Year and MetLife Shield Level Selector 6-Year and to have full power and
authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every
act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as
fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke
any prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of September,
2015.

/s/ Eric T. Steigerwalt
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Eric T. Steigerwalt



                         METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY USA

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                              Elizabeth M. Forget
                                   Director

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Elizabeth M. Forget, a Director and
Senior Vice President of MetLife Insurance Company USA, a Delaware company, do
hereby constitute and appoint Michele H. Abate, Christine M. DeBiase, Andrew L.
Gangolf, and John M. Richards, as my attorney-in-fact and agent, each of whom
may act individually and none of whom is required to act jointly with any of
the others, to sign and file on my behalf and to execute and file any
instrument or document required to be filed as part of or in connection with or
in any way related to, the Registration Statements and any and all amendments
thereto filed by MetLife Insurance Company USA under the Securities Act of
1933, pertaining to the T Mark fixed annuity, Fixed Annuity (aka Strategic
Value), Registered Fixed Account Option, MetLife Retirement Account Liquidity
Benefit Annuity, MetLife Target Maturity, MetLife Shield Level Selector,
MetLife Shield Level Selector 3-Year and MetLife Shield Level Selector 6-Year
and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name,
place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order
to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September, 2015.

/s/ Elizabeth M. Forget
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Elizabeth M. Forget



                         METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY USA

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                                Gene L. Lunman
                                   Director

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Gene L. Lunman, a Director and Senior
Vice President of MetLife Insurance Company USA, a Delaware company, do hereby
constitute and appoint Michele H. Abate, Christine M. DeBiase, Andrew L.
Gangolf, and John M. Richards, as my attorney-in-fact and agent, each of whom
may act individually and none of whom is required to act jointly with any of
the others, to sign and file on my behalf and to execute and file any
instrument or document required to be filed as part of or in connection with or
in any way related to, the Registration Statements and any and all amendments
thereto filed by MetLife Insurance Company USA under the Securities Act of
1933, pertaining to the T Mark fixed annuity, Fixed Annuity (aka Strategic
Value), Registered Fixed Account Option, MetLife Retirement Account Liquidity
Benefit Annuity, MetLife Target Maturity, MetLife Shield Level Selector,
MetLife Shield Level Selector 3-Year and MetLife Shield Level Selector 6-Year
and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name,
place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order
to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September, 2015.

/s/ Gene L. Lunman
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Gene L. Lunman



                         METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY USA

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                               Peter M. Carlson
             Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Peter M. Carlson, Executive Vice
President and Chief Accounting Officer of MetLife Insurance Company USA, a
Delaware company, do hereby constitute and appoint Michele H. Abate, Christine
M. DeBiase, Andrew L. Gangolf, and John M. Richards, as my attorney-in-fact and
agent, each of whom may act individually and none of whom is required to act
jointly with any of the others, to sign and file on my behalf and to execute
and file any instrument or document required to be filed as part of or in
connection with or in any way related to, the Registration Statements and any
and all amendments thereto filed by MetLife Insurance Company USA under the
Securities Act of 1933, pertaining to the T Mark fixed annuity, Fixed Annuity
(aka Strategic Value), Registered Fixed Account Option, MetLife Retirement
Account Liquidity Benefit Annuity, MetLife Target Maturity, MetLife Shield
Level Selector, MetLife Shield Level Selector 3-Year and MetLife Shield Level
Selector 6-Year and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done
in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or
appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior powers of
attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September, 2015.

/s/ Peter M. Carlson
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Peter M. Carlson



                         METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY USA

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                                 Anant Bhalla
               Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Anant Bhalla, Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of MetLife Insurance Company USA, a Delaware company,
do hereby constitute and appoint Michele H. Abate, Christine M. DeBiase, Andrew
L. Gangolf, and John M. Richards, as my attorney-in-fact and agent, each of
whom may act individually and none of whom is required to act jointly with any
of the others, to sign and file on my behalf and to execute and file any
instrument or document required to be filed as part of or in connection with or
in any way related to, the Registration Statements and any and all amendments
thereto filed by MetLife Insurance Company USA under the Securities Act of
1933, pertaining to the T Mark fixed annuity, Fixed Annuity (aka Strategic
Value), Registered Fixed Account Option, MetLife Retirement Account Liquidity
Benefit Annuity, MetLife Target Maturity, MetLife Shield Level Selector,
MetLife Shield Level Selector 3-Year and MetLife Shield Level Selector 6-Year
and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name,
place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order
to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior powers of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of September,
2015.

/s/ Anant Bhalla
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Anant Bhalla