On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 23:53:20 GMT, "John Watson" wrote:

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Why did they kick you out before retirement?

I had my back go bad, and had to have surgery. I was looking at a drastic change
in career direction, and they offered a bonus right then, so I decided to take
it and get out. Until my back went bad I was pretty active, and I don't think I
would have liked changing to a more sedentary job. I was in the combat arms, and
other jobs just wouldn't have been the same.