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04-09-2013, 03:20 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Rocklin
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Information gathering
Hello to all,
I was directed to this site from The Military Guide to Financial Independence and Retirement. Really wish that i stumbled upon this book several years back. I am an E- 7 in the US Army with just over 4 years until I hit my 20 year mark. The information that I have come across so far has been invaluable!
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04-09-2013, 05:11 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: midwestern city
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Welcome to the forum, Road.
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Very conservative with investments. Not ER'd yet, 48 years old. Please do not take anything I write or imply as legal, financial or medical advice directed to you. Contact your own financial advisor, healthcare provider, or attorney for financial, medical and legal advice.
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04-09-2013, 05:53 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Welcome, and with 4 years left, I hope you are not ROAD. Little early don't you think?
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04-09-2013, 06:02 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Rocklin
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Originally Posted by NanoSour
Welcome, and with 4 years left, I hope you are not ROAD. Little early don't you think?
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No, can't say that I am but it is as clever as I get these days? 
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04-09-2013, 08:39 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Madeira Beach Fl
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Welcome and thank you.
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04-09-2013, 08:47 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
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I'm not military, but does ROAD stand for Retired On Active Duty?
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04-09-2013, 08:58 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
I'm not military, but does ROAD stand for Retired On Active Duty?
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Yes, it does.
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04-09-2013, 09:31 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Rocklin
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Guess we all have our own definition of ER 
Seriously though, I am very content with my current career and am weighing the options/ possibilities of a few more years past my 20 year benchmark. A bridge job is most likely in my future; just depends on what the military has in store for me at the time.
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04-09-2013, 12:41 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
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Quote:
Originally Posted by R.O.A.D.
depends on what the military has in store for me at the time.
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I think 90% of us had/have that attitude towards the 20 year mark (retired USAF here).
The military can be a good (sometimes great) career for many people, but the options can also be somewhere between lousy and terrible. Good luck, and may your decision be an easy one!
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04-09-2013, 01:57 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
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Welcome.
IIRC when I was PFC, the E7s and First Sergeants and their buddies were easy find in the afternoons. Just look in the Rod and Gun club on any base.
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04-09-2013, 02:19 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jun 2006
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There was a lot of very important networking going on in those rod and gun clubs. Someone who is really good at the R.O.A.D program can make it work for a decade or more. I have a very good friend who got a short timers attitude around the 15th year of his career and kept it until he retired with 30 years in.
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04-09-2013, 04:39 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
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Short timer:
When I had 100 days left, bought a Meter rule. Every day sawed off 1 centimeter.
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04-09-2013, 11:06 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Rocklin
Posts: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by braumeister
The military can be a good (sometimes great) career for many people, but the options can also be somewhere between lousy and terrible. Good luck, and may your decision be an easy one!
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I find it very reassuring making the decision on my terms with the security of my pension and healthcare lined up. The one thing that I do know for sure is that when I make the transition, anything over a forty hour week is out of the question. Plus if things are going well at the time the xtra year may very well be worth the aditional 2.5%
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04-09-2013, 11:13 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Rocklin
Posts: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ls99
When I had 100 days left, bought a Meter rule. Every day sawed off 1 centimeter.
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I just might have to steal that idea of yours; will pick up a meter stick during my next trip to the rod and gun club 
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04-10-2013, 07:07 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: DFW
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Congrats on being a short timer and thank you for your service!
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