For the benefit of our brothers and sisters still serving, what was the one thing that you were not prepared for when you transitioned out?

That's a tough one. When I first retired I had a nice job working from home for a publishing company....self paced and self supervised. Sounded great. I got to travel occasionally to college campuses and meet people. Problem was I just didn't feel the fulfillment that you do working with Soldiers and helping them get better at what they do. I was involved in a profit-oriented business and that just left me feeling a little empty. I moved on after year or so and now work with Soldiers as a contractor, a much more fulfilling job.

Good perspective. I help veterans with PTSD and tell them the esoteric entitlements they might not know of. It feels good to change their lives or increased cash flow by $2000/month. The feeling is sublime.