paulcg77

I am a reservist but prior AD and I've known AD retirees go to a variety of flying and non-flying jobs after retirement. I'd say the majority I know who go to non-flying jobs have ended up either as DOD/government civilian GS employees or as contractors, especially in aviation/engineering desk jobs. WIth veterans preference and the amount of DOD experience you retire with, it's a pretty easy gig to get from what I hear. For flying jobs, I know a few who went to CBP as civilian FW pilots; one who flies king airs out of North Island so he doesn't see a huge difference between that lifestyle and his old navy job. A few went to contractors like L3H and one is now a federal LEO (1811). Fed LE jobs usually have a cutoff of late 30's but they'll give you credit for your military service that raises the max age you can join and go through FLETC I guess, so if you retire from the mil by your early-mid 40's you can probably still do that too with an age waiver.