Who has left the military and chosen a different career path? How did it work out?

I am a little late in responding , I served with 101st Abn Div. in combat 67-68 RVN Tet. and the 82nd Abn. @ Bragg. when I got got out I became a Police Officer in N.Y. @ retired from same. Would not change a thing , saw some crazy sh-t ! Airborne. PS Actually I guess I considered being a Cop as being in combat some times !! Haaaa, I have all the respect for service men Today.

I now work for a railroad. Money is good but I have always regretted getting out. Wife said she had enough of military life. We got out and a year later divorced. I got custody of children so I couldn't go back in. Biggest regret of my life. My dad did 32years. I grew up knowing all I ever wanted was to be in the army

That would probably be me, I left the Seabees in '78, with 12 years service, PO1 Matthew Murdock . I was preparing myself for law school in California and ended up taking a job as a cop to augment my GI Bill income. I discovered it was a fun job and I was good at it and it didn't require law school. I loved "The Job" and still miss it every day.

While in the Navy I got over a dozen civilians certifications for the Food and Beverage industry I used my GI Bill to get them, about a year before I got out (not planned) I changed my entire direction to working on a MS in Psychology. I saw so many active duty dealing with drug and alcohol issues where I was, I decide I wanted to help Veterans struggling with these issues. Not sure how it's worked out yet though, I've only been out for about 7 months and am about 2 1/2 months away from finishing the "schooling" part of it. I know at times it will be hard and even possibly heart breaking however I lost too many good people while I was in, I don't want to see more lost to their addictions and hardships.

Yes. I was an Intelligence Analyst in the Army, and now I'm a school counselor. I love it! I enjoyed my time in the military, and without it my present career would not be possible. The Army helped me pay for my college and gave me the means to achieve my dream.

While on active duty, I was a health administrator and hospital financial officer in the Army Medical Department, but I'm a professor now. My last job on active duty was serving as a professor teaching graduate-level finance to military officers, so I had a nice transition between the two careers. In that assignment, I found out that I enjoyed teaching people how to make good financial decisions (as a professor) much more than simply making those choices myself (as a CFO). An alternative perspective is that I preferred mentoring over doing a day job. I found a way to make that mentoring role become my day job. So far, it has worked out well.

I went into Life Insurance. My last two jobs in the Army were Recruiter and Career Counselor. 100% from VA, so I needed something easy on the body.