For those who got out before retirement why did you? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you <div class="images-v2-count-2"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-76964"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Ffor-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=For+those+who+got+out+before+retirement+why+did+you%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Ffor-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AFor those who got out before retirement why did you?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="d0062b175273ea4d0124921ad4df9999" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/076/964/for_gallery_v2/557be81c.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/076/964/large_v3/557be81c.jpg" alt="557be81c" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-76965"><a class="fancybox" rel="d0062b175273ea4d0124921ad4df9999" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/076/965/for_gallery_v2/4e8d285e.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/076/965/thumb_v2/4e8d285e.jpg" alt="4e8d285e" /></a></div></div>What made you not stay in til retirement? Was it in fact your choice? 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Was it in fact your choice? LTC Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:26:56 -0500 2016-01-24T12:26:56-05:00 Response by CH (COL) Geoff Bailey made Jan 24 at 2016 12:31 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1255785&urlhash=1255785 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="209691" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/209691-12a-engineer-officer-pacom-hq-pacom">LTC Private RallyPoint Member</a> I got out before retirement but joined right back up because I love serving my country. I transitioned back to active duty as a chaplain because I felt God&#39;s call to come back in and serve. I&#39;ll keep serving until I sense God releases me from the call or sends me elsewhere. CH (COL) Geoff Bailey Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:31:19 -0500 2016-01-24T12:31:19-05:00 Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 24 at 2016 12:39 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1255804&urlhash=1255804 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sir, I only stayed in for four years, 1968-1972, for two reasons. I left because I wanted to work on the Space Program, and I thought the Marine Corps was not doing enough to clean up the drug problem. Sgt Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:39:08 -0500 2016-01-24T12:39:08-05:00 Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Jan 24 at 2016 12:39 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1255807&urlhash=1255807 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Active Duty Spouse. Got Recruiting orders, which does NOT tell you where you are going. The inability to coordinate Family and Career left me with a choice of choosing one over the other. It took less than a second. Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:39:54 -0500 2016-01-24T12:39:54-05:00 Response by SSgt David Tedrow made Jan 24 at 2016 12:40 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1255808&urlhash=1255808 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Although it was my choice, it was circumstances beyond my control at the time. I chose to get out to assist my Mother with medical issues she was having at the time. I was up for re-enlistment, my third, at the time. SSgt David Tedrow Sun, 24 Jan 2016 12:40:11 -0500 2016-01-24T12:40:11-05:00 Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 24 at 2016 1:20 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1255880&urlhash=1255880 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That Twenty-Year Letter is worth its weight in gold!!! SCPO Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 24 Jan 2016 13:20:12 -0500 2016-01-24T13:20:12-05:00 Response by LTC Yinon Weiss made Jan 24 at 2016 5:44 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1256309&urlhash=1256309 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For me it was the fact that the jobs that I could expect in front of me were not as personally desirable as the jobs that were behind me. LTC Yinon Weiss Sun, 24 Jan 2016 17:44:20 -0500 2016-01-24T17:44:20-05:00 Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 24 at 2016 8:34 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1256562&urlhash=1256562 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I had one goal in mind: do 3 years, cash in my GI Bill and because a research scientist. I should have listened to my CO. He really pushed green to gold. <br /><br />I might have been a 0-6 by now. <br /><br />Still, I have enjoyed my reservist career so far. I still have time to retire as 1SG, or perhaps SMG 1SG Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:34:35 -0500 2016-01-24T20:34:35-05:00 Response by CPT Mark Gonzalez made Jan 24 at 2016 8:49 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1256596&urlhash=1256596 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I will leave at the 11 year mark and I have about 20 separate reasons as to why. <br />The biggest reason though is my heart is not in it and I would rather do something else over the next 10 years. CPT Mark Gonzalez Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:49:19 -0500 2016-01-24T20:49:19-05:00 Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jan 24 at 2016 10:52 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1256762&urlhash=1256762 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>RIF Capt Seid Waddell Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:52:33 -0500 2016-01-24T22:52:33-05:00 Response by SrA Matthew Knight made Jan 25 at 2016 3:23 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1256937&urlhash=1256937 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not out yet but I intend to and it is 100% my choice. My reasoning is that for starters I am in a job I can't stand with little to no chance to cross train into any job I would want. The other reason is my social life is next to nothing. I can't make friends because of constantly changing shifts and even when I do as long as I am in the Air Force will just keep moving me around every few years forcing me to lose the friends I do make. I just can't handle that for 20+. So, I'm going to take my G.I. Bill at the end of this enlistment and split while I still can. SrA Matthew Knight Mon, 25 Jan 2016 03:23:28 -0500 2016-01-25T03:23:28-05:00 Response by PO1 Cameron Rhyne made Jan 25 at 2016 7:46 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1257054&urlhash=1257054 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I had many reasons, but to keep it positive I'll just say that I realized after a couple of years that the Navy wasn't what I wanted to do in life and I was ready to move onto something else. PO1 Cameron Rhyne Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:46:29 -0500 2016-01-25T07:46:29-05:00 Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 25 at 2016 10:29 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1257300&urlhash=1257300 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>IRAD the first time from true AD...but I found a way back in. Second time around, there were simply no more billets and my SELRES clock was running down. Apparently, it's a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll. LCDR Private RallyPoint Member Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:29:02 -0500 2016-01-25T10:29:02-05:00 Response by SSgt Dale W. made Jan 25 at 2016 11:47 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/for-those-who-got-out-before-retirement-why-did-you?n=1257490&urlhash=1257490 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I took an early out in an attempt to save my marriage. Didn't work, but I did help my boys grow up into fine upstanding men and met my current wife. I was more than half way to twenty and at times regret getting out, I cannot complain about what I have received in return. SSgt Dale W. Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:47:26 -0500 2016-01-25T11:47:26-05:00 2016-01-24T12:26:56-05:00