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My wife called me and tells me that in the mail today was my retirement papers. Effective on 31 July at 2400 hours I will be retired with the permanent rank of Major and at 100%. (I was expecting 75% but the Mrs. tells me I got a bunch of credits to put me over 100% so it will stand at 100%).

I've been looking forward to this for about a year now and now I'm not as happy as I thought I'd be.

Hmmm.

   

So you have 25 days?

Well, congratulations for serving your country, I'm sure many proud Americans are incredibly proud of you.

Not sure what else to say.

*salutes*

   

Thank you - and I appreciate the congrats! It's just the mixed feelings about wanting to be home and wanting to be out where I always say I don't want to be. I'm not sure how to explain that.

Give me the weekend to wrap my head around it and I'll be fine, I'm sure.

   

:lol: Good luck,

   

Bart relax you've done your share and more. I know how it feels and so do many others, I had to remind myself that when 9/11 happened. I wanted so badly to join back up but my physical condition would have been a huge thing to over come at the time. By the time the shoulder was healed I had way to many other things on my plate to even think of reuping. Keep yourself busy and do your best not to dwell on the past don't let the memories of how things could of or should have been done back when get to you.

Thank you for your years of dedicated service to our great nation.

   

Funny, other than my wife - you folks are the first to know about this. There's no one else here at work to share it with (Friday nights it's just me to babysit the network).

   

Conga rats!

But, you'll be bumming over this forever. I know I still am.

   

Congrats Bart!

I understand where you are coming from me thinks. I have been looking forward the shore billet I have now for a while, but I still miss the comradship of working within a large, diverse group working toward a goal, putting 5000 tonnes of ship to sea ready to do the job. My present unit is seven people doing one thing. Good work, but not the same.

BZ on job well done.

   

One door closes another opens Bart.

   

What is that 100% business mean?

Congratulations Bart. What will you do with all your spare time now? Must be nice to retire at a young age.

   

Congrats Bart




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It means that I retire at 100% of active duty pay - which is damned fine considering I've been inactive reserve for a lot of the past 24 years due to an injury.



I'm retired from the military but not from work in general (I wish!) and I'm only 42! (Well, close enough to 43 truth be told).

   

Congrats Bart !!

   

Youngster!

   

You should speak....sir.

   

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