hope you make a career out of it. at your age and mine back then, way back, time went so slow i thought the tour of duty would never end...age brings wisdom of some sort and now knowing that between then and now was nothing than a short breeze on a hot day. poof and then you are retired. tough it out, get the pension and go to work for a few years for another pension. me?, well, thats another story. now its a small disability pension and waiting around for social sec to kick in. for now, its day to day and trust me, you dont want that, but dont become complacement and think it wont happen to you, but you do have all those years ahead of you to chance that and it can. accidents happen to everyone, some worse than others. by the time you get your social sec, you will have both the time and dollars you want. :wink: