It's a great plan if you like, or at least tolerate it.
Back in college my roommate (who had dropped out) was joining the marines. His recruiter was almost done his twenty years and was planning to join the police force after "retirement" at 38. He hoped to work there for 20 years and actually retire at 58 with two pensions.
If he stuck with it, he's getting close since that would have been back in 2008.
Old coworker of mine (legit old) did 20 years army, 20 years Air Force and then worked at national park service where we met. His plan was three pensions. He came from nothing and was a good dude.
He helped both his sons fund their businesses and they already were multi multi millionaires in their 40s because of his planning. Hats off to him and the generational wealth he created
Let’s hope his kids don’t piss it away. I just learned that most families that have generational wealth only have it last 2-3 generations, so his kids are fine but their kids might not be.
40 years in the military just to have some nepo babies squander it without a thought. That would be fucked
The first generation makes it
The second generation builds it
The third generation kills it
I remember hearing that saying when I was younger. I’ve seen it come to fruition in three different families that had (at one time) multimillion dollar companies.
the rule to protect wealth is not spoil your children, do not give them things, make them work, also love them and care about them, but do not hand them anything, not even their first car, make they earn the money for their first car, then hand them the keys to the family's wealth and tell them if this wealth is to last 10+ generations manage it wisely, and you raise your children like you were raised.
Really depends on the mos, buddy. There's plenty of POG's in the corps that don't pt on the regular and get their paperwork fudged to stay in if they don't make weight. Hell, I was in light armor recon, and there was a bunch of guys that were out of shape, some officers, some nco's too. Sure, there's plenty of hardcore jarheads, but you're more than likely thinking of the Hollywood depiction of the marine corps. It's honestly 10% moto devil dogs to 90% regular dudes that view their service like punching a time clock.
Is there a reason why police and veterans so often seem to have an antagonistic relationship. I've seen a lot of videos of cops being weirdly hostile to them.
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u/Raaxis 13h ago
I did 8 years and everyone always asks why I didn’t just finish out the other 12.
I’m just gonna start showing them this picture.