Category Archives: Career

Starting Your Bridge Career After the Military


Long post today: I have 2400 words of real-life examples for a reader’s question. When I started thinking about a book, I wasn’t writing “just another job-search manual“. I wanted to talk about early retirement and frankly, I was scared … Continue reading

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Should You Join The Reserves or National Guard?


Fair warning: this is a long post, even by my standards. Hey, it’s Thursday, it’s a holiday weekend, and (for a change) it’s not financial. There’s not even any math. But let’s get to the post. Ironically for being one … Continue reading

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Military Drawdown Predictions


A reader posted some great questions the other day: What do you think is going to happen with the “retired benefit” debate within the greater context of the DoD portion of the Federal Budget? Will it be another … slash … Continue reading

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Join the military to get rich and retire early?: the rest of the story


(The first part of this post is over at Jacob Lund Fisker’s Early Retirement Extreme blog.) Now for the rest of the story… When I was an impressionable young teen, my best friend’s older brother was attending USNA. Every time … Continue reading

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Getting “the job call”


“The Military Guide” blog has reached 100 posts!  Thanks to everyone who’s read and commented over the last eight months.  I think my military skills & discipline will keep this going for another year or five, so tell your friends! … Continue reading

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