Posted on Mar 21, 2016
Whether you have been enlisted for a year or more, do you believe you will serve until you are eligible for retirement?
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Yea, I think I will. Never started something without finishing it - Oh, forgot, April I start receiving my RETIREMENT CHECK!!!!
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CSM Charles Hayden
SGM Mikel Dawson No you won't; 'they' don't trust you after all those years, that is why that check will go auto-deposit!
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Good question. I know when I came in, the plan was to do my time and roll out. 30 days before etsing, I got cold feet, and reenlisted. I'd wager on some level that's usually the plan, and then things like a family, or promotions, or anything that has an influence on you makes you stay in. I also believe that after awhile, it becomes repetitive to the point you know when the sucks about to happen and you're used to it. You continue on until it's time to put it on for the last time, and reality hits you...20+ years gone....what do I do now? I think AD folks have it harder in that sense than Reservists and Guard being they get to "blend" both lives together and are more flexible than someone who's been AD the entire time then discovers they have a first name and it isn't Sergeant, Captain, or Chief.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
SSG Warren Swan I am compelled to cavat, and say your 100% right, I couldn't have said it better! Well said and profoundly conveyed!
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PO1 Melody Wenz
When my dad retired after 28 years in the Army (they wanted him to go to Vietnam for the 4th time), he went through a VERY DIFFICULT time adjusting to the civilian world. Of course the way they were treated after fighting in the Vietnam CONFLICT didn't help matters. He was a E9, Special Forces, Green Beret, Airborne, the list can go on as I know many can relate to, when he did retire. Oh yes, plus the fact of dealing with "the new Army" didn't help matters. I remember we he had gotten his first civilian job, he would tell someone (he was a senior enlisted after all) to do something and they basically told him to go to hell - that was the biggest adjustment. Now I am retired Navy and it's very true, you get used to a certain way of life, a certain "connection" with ours that makes it easier to stay in. Although, I won't lie, that retirement check sure does help.
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No bottom line I was 21 year old when I joined and party my ass off till I was 35. So no way these guys that come in now will do that. I thank god I retired under the old plan and they still lied because they said medical was free when you retired well I pay every year. I am a Combat Vet and can receive VA care because I am Cat 1 but we see how that works. The problem we have with congress is we are losing the all draft congressmen that at least served 2 years and at least they would have some understanding it is only going to get worse with the all volunteer that has been around for over 35 years. Prime example is look at who is running for president and the last cycle was same one no one has served so they will never get it.
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