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I did 30 years in the military, 20 of that in front line SAR.
Got so busted up (physically and mentally) the flight surgeon looked at me one day on an annual aircrew medical and said “I just can’t let you do this to yourself anymore”. Then they medically retired me. Basically, I was given a golden parachute.
That was 2019, just before the pandemic.
Help wanted signs are all over the place here as well.
But I’ve done my time and made my bones. Wife and I are comfy where we are and set up well for finances (pensions, disability, insurance, savings, investments, medical benefits, etc).
Not getting me back into the workforce again. Ever. I feel no shame in it either.
I’ve paid my dues, time to actually live my life the way I want to….time for the next generation to pick up that torch. If they don’t want to, so be it. They’ll find out in short order that SAR is one of those things the world can’t do without for very long.
Got so busted up (physically and mentally) the flight surgeon looked at me one day on an annual aircrew medical and said “I just can’t let you do this to yourself anymore”. Then they medically retired me. Basically, I was given a golden parachute.
That was 2019, just before the pandemic.
Help wanted signs are all over the place here as well.
But I’ve done my time and made my bones. Wife and I are comfy where we are and set up well for finances (pensions, disability, insurance, savings, investments, medical benefits, etc).
Not getting me back into the workforce again. Ever. I feel no shame in it either.
I’ve paid my dues, time to actually live my life the way I want to….time for the next generation to pick up that torch. If they don’t want to, so be it. They’ll find out in short order that SAR is one of those things the world can’t do without for very long.
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