Tomorrow I hang up my cammies for the last time...

[JAG2955]

A beard is number one on my list of things to do! It only takes me a week to grow a good one.

[308Mike]

Thank YOU for your service!!! Don't be surprised if you miss wearing your cammies from time-to-time!! I still miss many of my squadron-mates!! Keep in touch with those you cherish, 'cause 20+ years from now, you'll be real happy to reconnect once in a while!!

SEMPER FI!!!

[Yogimus]

Fight well!

... and we call folks sir not out of respect but because we can't be bothered to remember their names

[Netpackrat]

Thank you and congratulations. Is the spousal unit still in?

[First Shirt]

As I've said before, my inner First Sergeant hates to see promising young people leave, but given the current economic/political climate, I can't fault anyone who seeks greener pastures on the other side of the fence.

Good luck, keep in touch, and, to echo all the others, thank you for your service!

[Precision]

Congrats, Thanks for your service.

And welcome to the ranks of free Citizen. We need more in our ranks.

[JAG2955]

Thank you and congratulations. Is the spousal unit still in?

She got out in 2012 and now works for a friendly, dinosaur-recycling company.

[Rod]

A beard is number one on my list of things to do! It only takes me a week to grow a good one.

I grew a beard and let my hair grow long; the beard lasted a month, the hair about 4 years. If you're coming through El Paso, let us know. We'll be gone Friday through Sunday of this week but are free otherwise. Cot and hot overnight, if you want.

[Rumpshot]

Thanks for the service. And like Rod says, if you are headed west on I-40, we are only 30 minutes south of Ashfork and have two spare bedrooms and a new house to show off.

Good luck with employment. It can be ridiculously easy or stupid difficult to find a GOOD job.

[Vonz90]

If you think you are going to do reserves, it can be a nice way to keep your finger in without quite so much BS. As stuff winds down in Iraq/A-stan, probably not so many combat deployments with that route these days.

If you want to do that, don't allow too much of a gap from leaving active duty, it can be a kiss of death for promotion no matter what good stuff you might do. However, if they have a lot of O's at any given moment, it is possible they will tell you to screw off if you inquire (more or less what happened when I first tried).

There are ways around that. Probably easier to find a billet these days since it is online, but just because the closest reserve center does not have a billet, keep looking, there are likely still spots somewhere.

Good luck whatever you do.