[Squantos]

Well said ........as many years as I did and continue to do my job if I went active duty again I'd have to go back thru the basic school or I endanger myself and others around me. Folks should'nt let their desire to get back to the lifestyle and action cloud their knowledge that they are NOT up to par as they were so many years ago nor would they be an asset. There are those that can and those that can not. We as veterans "must" be smart enough to know if we are a burden or an asset to a given task and have the cajones to acknowledge it.

Stay safe !

[Travis McGee]

I think the old "dated" specops background is terrific if a contractor is going somewhere to ply a new skill on the civilian side. Then the old specops skills can be a valuable fallback if TSHTF while transiting etc. But I'd be leery of most 40 year old plus specops guys trying to jump back in as hired guns.

I wouldn't hire me as a shooter, LOL.

[patton]

Nor me.