Posted on Mar 2, 2014
If you are retired what is it that you miss the most about being retired? If you're not retired what is it that you are looking forward to?
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As for me I am retired and I miss the Soldiers the most. I am happy to have the freedom of doing what I want when I want now that I am retired.
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Edited 11 y ago
Posted 11 y ago
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I retired in 2009 with 20 years under my belt and it was a very strange feeling of uncertainty. The first month just felt like I was on leave. The second month was the Mack truck slamming into my consciousness reminding me that I was really a civilian.
Once I landed my first civilian job, I quickly realized how much I missed the military structure, the camaraderie, and being underway (representing the Navy here).
This June will mark my fifth year of retirement and I still miss being underway from time to time. I still miss the camaraderie. However, now I have a job with a very mature company that has structure very similar to our military.
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Not retired yet...maybe in 10 years or so, BUT no more PCSing, unless the wife and I chose to go there.
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I miss teaching and mentoring the Soldiers as well, I also miss the camaraderie of my fellow NCOs and Officers that I worked with along the way. Even though my body shows the signs of all the physicality's I suffered over double digit deployments, I love being deployed as I could utilize what I had learned and gained during my years in and I was able to pass that along to my Soldiers and be able to bring them home alive to their families.
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