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glichtenwalter said:
Does anybody live in El Paso? I have an opportunity for a promotion and more job stability than I have now but it would require a move. It is minimum 19 hours from M'boro where all our family is. Another thing is it would allow me to retire from the military in about 6 years and immediately draw my pension. Ugh. Why El Paso?!?!
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Make every decision off your future: your retirement, your TSP, whatever you've got. Be relentless, and sacrifice what's going on now for what will be. Run everything through the filter of "what will this mean when I'm age (xxx) 65 or whatever." Leverage your time in service. The time value of any retirement savings that you have right now will far outweigh any pie-in-the-sky maybe's that you'll get elsewhere.

My guess is that El Paso sucks something fierce, but it will add into your cumulative service record, and in the end, that's what counts.

And when you do separate, get your patootie on down to your local VA and go on their roster. Even if you have "normal" insurance, you just never know when you need some backup. A lot of veterans found this out in 2007 when the economy when down the tubes, and they lost their health insurance. The VA is still the best safety net out there for those who qualify.

From a proud VA employee, thank you for your service, and we look forward to serving you in the future. :hi:

PS: I truly think that El Paso is pretty awful too, but it does beat Afghanistan, I guess.
 
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Looking back at this picture, I think Preston got a little too excited............
 

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VolNExile said:
Make every decision off your future: your retirement, your TSP, whatever you've got. Be relentless, and sacrifice what's going on now for what will be. Run everything through the filter of "what will this mean when I'm age (xxx) 65 or whatever." Leverage your time in service. The time value of any retirement savings that you have right now will far outweigh any pie-in-the-sky maybe's that you'll get elsewhere.

My guess is that El Paso sucks something fierce, but it will add into your cumulative service record, and in the end, that's what counts.

And when you do separate, get your patootie on down to your local VA and go on their roster. Even if you have "normal" insurance, you just never know when you need some backup. A lot of veterans found this out in 2007 when the economy when down the tubes, and they lost their health insurance. The VA is still the best safety net out there for those who qualify.

From a proud VA employee, thank you for your service, and we look forward to serving you in the future. :hi:

PS: I truly think that El Paso is pretty awful too, but it does beat Afghanistan, I guess.
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The big issue is it is so far from our family. Our kids love their grandparents so much and it is an expensive plan ride away. We will end up doing what is best for our family but man it is a hard decision. Thank you for serving the Veterans. So many need real assistance.
 
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glichtenwalter said:
Does anybody live in El Paso? I have an opportunity for a promotion and more job stability than I have now but it would require a move. It is minimum 19 hours from M'boro where all our family is. Another thing is it would allow me to retire from the military in about 6 years and immediately draw my pension. Ugh. Why El Paso?!?!
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I never lived in El Paso but we went through there 2 or 3 times. Didn't really like it at that time (in the 1980's) and it's probably not much better now. It is across the border from Juarez which may not be a good thing. Hope you can make contact with someone that lives there to learn what it's like now.
 
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I don't understand the big deal. They're laughing about something. So what.

Edit: Nevermind. Holy cow. Abort! Abort! Abort!
 
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