Career Hindsight

 

If I had it to do all over again, I would have stayed in the military after joining in 1969 for twenty years, retiring in 1989.  During those twenty years I would have re-enlisted predicated upon specific technical training or military intelligence.

Then in 1989, I would have looked for other employment in the area of my training, which would not have been a problem them and worked for another twenty years, retiring again in 2009 at the age of Sixty Three.

Early retirement for social security, if my military retirement was not enough.  During those second twenty years I would have saved as much as I could.

Another option, would be to stay in the military starting in 1966, right after high school, probably in the Air Force with a plan to stay there for twenty years and work towards getting an undergraduate then a graduate degree.  

Retire in 1986, and look for a position with a community college, either with one's technical training or college education.  Stay there thirty years, or until 2016, at the age of sixty eight.  

Then draw military retirement, community college retirement, as well as full social security benefits.  Being in the military for twenty years, I would still have access to military health benefits.

HINDSIGHT is a wonderful tool, and it is a shame that you cannot use that gift to benefit yourself.