I had a client last year who was a USAF jet fighter pilot, and was about to retire. We were killing time before a hearing and so I asked, “Well, what are you going to do when you retire? Are you going to work for the airlines?” He reacted with genuine shock as he shot back “Do I look like a bus driver to you?”
“Son, your ego is writing checks your body can’t cash” comes to mind, but I’m sure he’ll be happy living off his military pension, even with the COLA reductions.