I retired from the navy reserve with 21 years of service (11 on active duty and 10 in the reserves). I was near Baghdad for six months, and I have to wait until I’m 60, to get the pension. Few state or local employees risk their lives, for their country, but they get large pensions, starting in their 50’s.
You were in the wrong bidness, buddy. See, if only you had become a good Combiner thug, you’d be living high on the hog now. Vacation homes in Aspen & Gstaad, Grand Cayman and a 300-lb waistline. Doesn’t pay to do honest work in a Democrat state.