Military Retirement: A Life Changing Experience

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How Military Retirement is a life changing experience
Looking forward to the day to “hang up my boots” was a long-term goal. When reaching the military retirement date, the total time served was thirty years, six months, and six days. Retiring from the military was a major milestone and achievement for me. However, once the retirement parties, gifts, and best wishes were over, I discover that retiring from the military was my life changing experience. Now life is a blank canvas to design and enjoy.
That is when I realized that I had grown up in the military, I got married, had a child, and serving with follow soldiers, the basic functions life. No longer the instead wardrobe, outfits needed pulling together, instead of looking in the closet

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