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Looking at your profile, I'm surprised that people in the military who appear to be so highly trained are eventually forced to move on to relatively modest civilian jobs.

Or maybe I'm wrong, maybe your job at the custom car shop is your dream position that you were seeking. I am in no way trying to dis you - I'm just surprised that ex-military people have to go through such charging transitions, though I suppose that has played out over a long time, in your case 15 years or so.

So if we were not prepared to take the Warsaw Pact in 1983, were we in better shape (on the non-nuclear side) by the time Reagan left in January 1989?

I'm about ready to read Clancy's "Red Storm Rising" again.

The sorry state of military readiness was in 1980-81. By the time I left in '83, we had new birds, plenty of parts, and all the ammo we needed to tuen the tide - not to mention the Pershing II theater nuclear missle - all thanks to Reagan and his defense build up. You must have missed the earlier threads.

Working at the Hot Rod shop is fun and relaxed. I work there now because I am working on my teaching credential and they are flexible on hours and treat me right, even if the pay isn't the greatest. But then I didn't join the Army for the pay, or decide on teaching because of the pay either.

When you leave the Army with a degree in Poly Sci, its hard to convince people you have skills beyond shouting at people while quoting Aristotle. ;-]