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**Military Retirement Podcast**

Highlighting military retirement journeys from all walks of the military. Wide ranging long form conversations with Veterans. We discuss the retirement process, life starting in the military, and life after the military. Also talk to former military members who transitioned before reaching retirement and started their own businesses.

Latest Episodes:

The Plot Twists of life, Trusts, Estate Planning, Cutting the fat - EP5 Justin Murphy Apr 23, 2023

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To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service!

Timestamps:

⌚ 0:00 - Intro

⌚ 1:56 - Does the mental tempo slow down as you reach the end of your career?

⌚ 3:00 - More house mods?

⌚ 4:32 - Advice about renting out your primary residence and creating generational wealth

⌚ 8:35 - Estate planning - future proofing your family - Living Trust

⌚ 12:19 - The fragility of life - life insurance

⌚ 17:30 - An unexpected financial surprise plot twist 😲😲

⌚ 19:29 - Going from a vision to achieving a dream - writing down your goals and accountability

⌚ 25:51 - Dealing with the low points of life - you are supposed to fail!

⌚ 28:18 - incision is the ultimate decision - cutting the fat

⌚ 32:20 - Books (https://retire.army/books)

⌚ 34:15 - Outro

Links:

🔗 Terrence Hayes - Press Sec VA: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrencelhayes/

🔗 HillVets: https://www.hillvets.org/

🔗 Real Estate Investing Association (REIA) DC: https://dcreia.com/

🔗 Bigger Pockets: https://biggerpockets.com

Books:

📚 All Books found here: https://retire.army/books

📚 Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki

📚 Never Split The Difference - Chris Voss

📚 BRRRR: Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat - David Greene

📚 Atomic Habits - James Clear

📚 Long Distance Real Estate Investing - David Greene

All of my recording/editing equipment/software can be found here: https://kit.co/Chief_McConnell/john-mcconnell

Also a quick walkthrough of my podcasting setup here: https://youtu.be/DA8kCa5A-88 (let me know in the comments if you would like something more elaborate)

some links may result in commissions for the site

The most important thing is caring about Soldiers - 1SG (Ret) Steven Buyck - Retirement Mar 24, 2023

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To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service!

1SG (RET) Steven Buyck - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-b-5a898833/

Recently retired from the Army as an active duty 68R, San Antonio JBSA. A good buddy of mine from high school. Just reconnecting and obviously doing the normal interview about retirement and transition. Enjoy!

Timestamps:

⌚ 0:00 - Intro

⌚ 1:25 - Morning Routine

⌚ 2:19 - Entering the military - From managing hotel restaurants to being a 1SG

⌚ 3:37 - Any influence coming from a military family?

⌚ 4:50 - How was your retirement process?

⌚ 6:32 - The Army driving on when you leave to do SFL TAP

⌚ 8:43 - Slowly walking away from the work

⌚ 9:00 - What was the most important thing for you as you retired?

⌚ 10:32 - The legacy of just wanting people to miss you when you are retired

⌚ 11:34 - Don't wait til the last minute to start the retirement process and building your VA packet

⌚ 12:34 - Thoughts about Space A - from a Guam perspective

⌚ 13:44 - Talking with your 16 year old self - life is a marathon

⌚ 16:00 - A discussion about mentors and mentorship

⌚ 18:13 - Understanding we are all salesmen - and what do think about personal brand

⌚ 20:25 - GS job versus pure civilian job

⌚ 21:05 - the thing you miss the most about being in the military

⌚ 21:58 - What do you want to be when you grow up?

⌚ 23:59 - A short talk about joining the military

⌚ 27:05 - A short talk about those transitioning out of the military - "have a plan"

⌚ 28:57 - How important has college been for your career?

⌚ 30:32 - Books and reading

⌚ 33:51 - If you could invest $10,000,000.00...

⌚ 37:26 - Declining a retirement ceremony

⌚ 38:23 - The best gift you could get - helping younger Soldiers

⌚ 39:05 - Rescuing dogs - and Parvo disease

⌚ 40:27 - Final thoughts on retirement

⌚ 41:46 - Outro

Links:

🔗 Ministries of San Antonio - https://www.samm.org/

🔗 Hiring Our Heros / New York Life - https://www.hiringourheroes.org/

🔗 SCCA - https://www.scca.com/

🔗 Auburn - https://www.auburn.edu/

🔗 Alabama - https://www.ua.edu/

🔗 Audible - https://audible.com

🔗 parvovirus - https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/pet-owners/petcare/canine-parvovirus

Books:

📚 This Civilian Shit is Hard: From the cockpit, cubicle and beyond - Dan Bozung - https://amzn.to/3JzexP0

📚 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson - https://amzn.to/3Jzfabk

📚 Falling Upward - Richard Rohr - https://amzn.to/3z1LBu4

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EP4 Military 👼 Paternity Leave - More mentor talk - 📚books - taxes - Justin Murphy Mar 17, 2023

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To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service!
Justin Murphy - Back again for a bi-weekly update talking about the following:
Timestamps:
⌚ 0:00 - Intro
⌚ 2:21 - You are having a baby!
⌚ 5:00 - 12 Week Paternity Leave for either parent - including non-child-bearing parents - Just a dropdown on the DA31
⌚ 7:50 - Thinking about retirement taxes
⌚ 12:01 - Shifting the internship timelines to make room for the new baby
⌚ 13:46 - Meeting Terrence Hayes - VA Press Secretary - A HillVets speaker
⌚ 16:04 - Some books and resources (see list below or go to https://retire.army/books)
⌚ 20:16 - First meeting with my ACP mentor - Andrew Rudman- The Mexico Institute Director
⌚ 23:17 - Getting into Public Policy -
⌚ 25:38 - Not knowing the rules can give you an advantage
⌚ 26:09 - Outro
Links:
🔗 Terrence Hayes - Dept of VA Press Secretary - https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5607
🔗 Andrew Rudman - The Mexico Institue - https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/wilson-center-names-andrew-rudman-mexico-institute-director
Books - All of the books discussed can be found at https://retire.army/books :
📚 How to win friends and influence people - Dale Carnegie
📚 Lead Well - Ken Falke
📚 How to stop worrying and start living - Dale Carnegie
📚 The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck - Mark Manson
📚 Never Split The Difference - Chris Voss
📚 Leaders Eat Last - Simon Sinek
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👍 DON'T PANIC! Mentoring, Retiring, Writing Books, Learning through Games, giving back #42 Mar 10, 2023

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To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡
Retired COL Ray Kimball from the United States Military Academy West Point joins me to talk about his retirement, starting a business, a ton of books (some he wrote and others he is just reading), and relentless gratitude toward others.
⌚ 0:00 - Intro
⌚ 2:31 - Morning Routines - NY Times Crosswords
⌚ 7:50 - Throwing out all the obligations and doing what you want
⌚ 10:24 - How I joined the military - traveling the world as an Army brat
⌚ 13:50 - The retirement process
⌚ 17:25 - How I created my own exit from the military and what I wanted to leave behind - The magical continuity book - Microsoft OneNote
⌚ 23:22 - what is your legacy?
⌚ 25:34 - Thoughts on Space A
⌚ 27:37 - My retirement gift to myself - World Scout Moot and the gift of gratitude
⌚ 31:21 - IAVA - BDD
⌚ 33:42 - Benefits Delivery at Discharge issues
⌚ 35:00 - Planning for after retirement - How do you get started with educational games?
⌚ 43:16 - Retirement re-integration
⌚ 44:10 - Chatting with my 16 year old self
⌚ 47:26 - Navigating the muddy waters of life at 16
⌚ 49:042 - Thoughts on Mentoring - from steely eyed killer to loggie and working with Obama Whitehouse staff
⌚ 54:19 - A Ted Talk to transitioning members of the military
⌚ 1:02:37 - What message would you want put out into the world? The rule of 33%
⌚ 1:03:37 - What do you think about personal branding?
⌚ 1:07:44 - What is your hourly rate? and Anything you want
⌚ 1:08:32 - What is 42edgames?
⌚ 1:11:11 - Games for mentorship - The Reacting Consortium
⌚ 1:13:06 - What exactly is editing?
⌚ 1:16:47 - How would you spend 10 million dollars?
⌚ 1:21:27 - The gift of gratitude - giving back
⌚ 1:22:50 - Success in scouting
⌚ 1:23:55 - Closing comments - find people who don't look like you
⌚ 1:25:29 - How to find Ray online
⌚ 1:26:28 - Outro
Books:
📚 Army Guides to Mentoring - https://juniorofficer.army.mil/the-guides-to-army-mentoring/
📚 Good to Great - https://www.jimcollins.com/books.html
📚 how people learn - https://www.amazon.com/How-People-Learn-Experience-Expanded/
📚 making history - https://www.amazon.com/Making-History-Storytellers-Shaped-Past/
📚 Rank Absurity - https://www.amazon.com/Rank-Absurdity-Irreverent-Military-Memoir-ebook/
📚 Anything You want - https://sive.rs/a
📚 Teaching and Learning the West Point Way - https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9780367685867/
📚 British Journal for Military History - https://bjmh.gold.ac.uk/index
Links:
🔗 NY Times Crossword Site - https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords
🔗 calculate your hourly rate - https://www.neilstrauss.com/neil/every-second-counts/
🔗 Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Sherwood-Randall
🔗 Microsoft Onenote - https://www.onenote.com
🔗 World Scout Moot - https://www.scouting.org/international/world-scout-moot/
🔗 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America - https://iava.org/
🔗 The Reacting Consortium - https://reacting.barnard.edu/about-reacting 🔗 The British Journal for Military History - https://bjmh.gold.ac.uk/🔗 what is a Dramaturge? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramaturge🔗 Grand Canyon Council - https://www.grandcanyonbsa.org/🔗 Scouting USA - https://beascout.scouting.org/ The Reahttps://42ed.games@edgames @armymentoring Thanks to my recording platform of choice: Riverside.fm #riversidefm for their amazing software https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-mcconnell All of my recording/editing equipment can be found here: https://kit.co/Chief_McConnell/john-mcconnell some links may result in commissions for the site

EP3 - Military Retirement Updates - ACP Mentor - HillVets - VA Claim - BDD - Relevant Books - Pickle Juice Mar 03, 2023

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To all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🇺🇸 🫡 Thank you for your service!

**Please forgive the audio left/right - had some difficulties editing on this episode**

Following CW4 Justin Murphy on his last year of retirement - an inside look at going through the retirement process from mindset and the mental game to all the little things you might need to know along the way.

Timestamps:

⌚ 0:00 - Intro

⌚ 2:07 - pickle juice to stop muscle soreness?

⌚ 2:54 - ACP mentorship program update

⌚ 4:06 - HillVets update

⌚ 6:18 - Filing the VA Claim - Schedule for Rating Disabilities (link below)

⌚ 8:06 - Heartburn Acid Reflux a reated disability??

⌚ 9:20 - VA Burn Registry Online (Link below)

⌚ 9:24 - The importance of filing a VA Claim

⌚ 10:21 - BDD - Benefits Delivery at Discharge and using a VSO (Veteran Service Officer)

⌚ 16:11 - Breaking into a new career -

⌚ 17:34 - Life Insurance as an afterthought

⌚ 21:00 - Any books or media that is relevant right now? (links below)

⌚ 24:12 - Outro

Links:

🔗 Schedule for rating disabilities - https://www.benefits.va.gov/WARMS/bookc.asp

🔗 Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry - https://veteran.mobilehealth.va.gov/AHBurnPitRegistry/#page/home

Books:

📚 Rule Number Two - Heidi Squier Kraft - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/heidi-squier-kraft/rule-number-two/9780316067911/

📚 Falling Upward - Richard Rohr - https://www.amazon.com/Falling-Upward-Richard-Rohr-audiobook/dp/B0054U2Q9O/ref=sr_1_1?crid=10T9C9DXJ9LU5&keywords=falling+upward+by+richard+rohr&qid=1677864276&s=books&sprefix=fallin%2Cstripbooks%2C132&sr=1-1

📚 How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie - https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/B0006IU7JK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RX6TA0GJ43RJ&keywords=how+to+win+friends+and+influence+people&qid=1677864404&s=audible&sprefix=how+to+win%2Caudible%2C115&sr=1-1

📚 Tribe - Sebatian Junger - http://www.sebastianjunger.com/tribe-by-sebastian-junger

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Staying your authentic self - lessons learned from multiple military exits & government contracting Feb 24, 2023

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Timestamps:
⌚ 0:00 - Intro https://sheenapreneur.thinkific.com/courses/govcon-for-winners
⌚ 1:32 - Morning routine now as opposed to in the military Eric Stegal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriots/
⌚ 4:16 - time management in the calendar - not in the calendar, doesn't exist
⌚ 5:30 - How did you end up in the military? Serendipity moments, 9/11, and stuttering
⌚ 9:30 - Now I have my retirement paperwork, now what?
⌚ 13:00 - Becoming a DA Civilian during COVID
⌚ 16:07 - Medical retirement during covid and how I discovered panic attacks
⌚ 18:32 - what benefits I missed and how I wasted some of my final time in the military
⌚ 22:05 - Leaving behind continuity
⌚ 25:27 - why your health is more important now, and the education of 37 different jobs
⌚ 29:23 - how tf do you manage mental stress and anxiety - VA mental health
⌚ 34:18 - MST - Military Sexual Trauma
⌚ 38:28 - Why I really didn't want a retirement ceremony or gifts
⌚ 41:15 - Space A - how it works
⌚ 44:22 - How I started my business and how I managed to make it work alongside my military service - from real estates to facility management services
⌚ 50:23 - Being chaptered out of the miliary and landing in the best spot in my life
⌚ 54:32 - After transitioning multiple times... Understand ALL the options
⌚ 59:16 - Transition resources
Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle - https://eckharttolle.com/power-of-now-excerpt/
The Secret - Rhonda Byrne - https://www.thesecret.tv/products/the-secret-book/
The E Myth - Michael Gerber - https://www.michaelegerbercompanies.com/product/the-e-myth-revisited/
ACP - Mentor Program - https://www.acp-usa.org/ (also mentioned by Justin Murphy on this episode - https://youtu.be/PN8QuDNS_fo)
VIP - Veterans Institute for Procurement - https://nationalvip.org/
IVMF - Institute for Veterans and Military Families - https://studentveterans.org/company/ivmf/
⌚ 1:03:41 - It's all about who you know...
⌚ 1:06:52 - How a retirement sponsor might be able to help people get through retirement
⌚ 1:10:32 - Time travel back to 16 years old - "Start building your confidence", "Don't be afraid to do more"
⌚ 1:14:03 - A "TED talk" with transitioning military members: "Try new things"
⌚ 1:17:32 - How to build a personal brand: "Stay your authentic self" The Madoff Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k31dKoFsniU
⌚ 1:22:05 - What is GovConNow? https://sheenapreneur.thinkific.com/courses/govcon-for-winners
⌚ 1:25:25 - There is more than one way to contract (Local, State, County, Fed, Corporate)
⌚ 1:27:55 - GovConNow community on Circle
⌚ 1:30:00 - Some final words about Veterans
⌚ 1:32:02 - Where can you find Sheena Parker?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheenaparker/
https://linktr.ee/sheenaparker
https://www.youtube.com/@UCFIHg7tf3ZoDJEXp8w6zedQ
https://sheenapreneur.thinkific.com/courses/govcon-for-winners
⌚ 1:32:32 - Outro
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and to all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🫡 some links may result in commissions for the site

Portraits for Patriots | HillVets | Skillbridge - Last year with CW4 Justin Murphy Feb 17, 2023

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Following the last year to Army retirement with Justin. Everything we talked about is listed in the timestamps below with links to any resources. Please enjoy and thank you for being here with us along this journey! here is the link to Justin’s LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/justineilermurphy_productive-balance-lead-activity-7032442573755473920-gNNQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios Timestamps: ⌚ 0:00 - Intro ⌚ 0:50 - Recap - Last 2 weeks ⌚ 2:45 - Headshots - Portraits for Patriots https://www.portraitsforpatriots.org/Eric Stegal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriots/ ⌚ 8:36 - HillVets - https://www.hillvets.org/ - every Tuesday 6:30pm - 8:30pm ⌚ 10:52 - Is HillVets for everyone? ⌚ 12:07 - Skillbridge - https://skillbridge.osd.mil/ - the plan ⌚ 14:40 - American Corporate Partners - https://www.acp-usa.org/ once a month Hiring our Heros - https://www.hiringourheroes.org/ ⌚ 17:29 - the next 2 weeks... PMP - https://www.pmi.org/certifications/project-management-pmpGovernment Contracting - LLC, https://sam.govRental Properties - how to scale up ⌚ 20:08 - Project management parallel - CompTIA Project+ https://www.comptia.org/certifications/projectPMBAK - https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok https://www.udemy.com/course/pmp-certification-exam-prep-course-pmbok-6th-edition/ ⌚ 22:46 - Outro Thanks to my recording platform of choice: Riverside.fm #riversidefm for their amazing software https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-mcconnell All of my recording/editing equipment can be found here: https://kit.co/Chief_McConnell/john-mcconnell ...and to all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🫡 some links may result in commissions for the site

Military transition in real time - following CW4 Murphy on his last year Feb 03, 2023

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A retirement series following the transition journey of CW4 Justin Murphy as he navigates the last 12 months of his retirement

The Linkedin post that started it all off: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/justineilermurphy_transition-retirement-skillbridge-activity-7022237784337711104-opC9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Today's update post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/justineilermurphy_militarytransition-hillvets-lead8-activity-7027337314401943553-j-EB?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

0:00 - Intro Justin Murphy
0:35 - 1:35 Preface
1:36 - 13:44 Justin’s Introduction and backstory
13:45 - 18:34 Plans moving forward after retirement -
USC Price https://priceschool.usc.edu/
HillVets - https://www.hillvets.org/
Skillbridge - https://skillbridge.osd.mil/
18:35 - 23:14 How do you prepare your boss for your skillbridge assignment?
23:15 - 26:13 Wrapping up until the next video
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From Military to Millionaire - USMC David Pere on transition and purpose Jan 31, 2023

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0:00 - Why you should take off the governor
0:46 - Intro
3:39 - Morning Routine - building a planner to get back to journaling
7:53 - Journaling routine and why it's important
9:41 - quick tip on meditation
11:11 - first coming into the Marine Corps
13:53 - Transitioning off of Active Duty - why fulfillment matters
26:03 - Choosing to stay in a Reserve capacity rather than fully leaving the military / GI Bill transfers only at re-enlistments
31:11 - Becoming a Marine Corps Command Financial Specialist
38:15 - Failing MARSOC - becoming a top recruiter - then finding real estate
41:29 - My network creates my mentors
44:35 - Nerding out over some books Ayn Rand Jacko Willink Nassim Taleb Jordan Peterson - https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life/
45:42 - A talk with your 16-year-old self - A conversation about doubt and not holding back
53:10 - What transitioning military members need to know - networking, VA loan house hack, finding a purpose 🕗 1:00:10 - Building a personal brand by documenting your own journey
1:06:42 - "Just be a good person" and the secret to sales "If they like you, they'll join"
1:09:25 - The world continues in cycles - understanding this will put you more at ease
1:17:42 - influential books: Set For Life - Scott Trench - https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/set-for-life-revised-editionThe 4 hour workweek - Tim Ferriss - https://fourhourworkweek.com/The Miracle Morning - Hal Elrod - https://halelrod.com/movie/
1:22:10 - Where would you invest 10M dollars? for funzies.
1:27:02 - Your first real estate deal - with an FHA loan (lied to about VA loan)
1:30:27 - Discussion about the VA loan - https://www.frommilitarytomillionaire.com/va-loan/
1:40:45 - Long distance real estate investing - a case study
1:50:57 - "Your income isn't the problem"
1:59:26 - Parting words...
2:01:00 - contact info
2:01:54 - The War Room Mastermind Group
2:05:53 - Outro Where to find David: Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQElNqStWjEBDFNVnXkh1ng?sub_confirmation=1Instagram -
https://www.instagram.com/frommilitarytomillionaire/Twitter - https://twitter.com/military_toFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1735593999901619/ https://www.frommilitarytomillionaire.com/ https://biggerpockets.com The coddling of the American Mind - Jonathan Haidt - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735224897The Fourth Turning - William Strauss & Neil Howe - https://www.fourthturning.com/Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky - https://www.amazon.com/Manufacturing-Consent-Political-Economy-Media-ebook/dp/B0055PJ4R0Factfulness - Hans Rosling - https://www.gapminder.org/factfulness-book/Communist Manifesto - Marx - https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/Hard Times Create Strong Men - Stephan Aarnio - https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Times-Create-Strong-Men/dp/1949572056Principles - Ray Dalio - https://www.principles.com/ #USMC #military #transition #entrepreneur #realestate Thanks to the following companies who help make this possible for me: Riverside.fm #riversidefm for their amazing software https://riverside.fm/?utm_campaign=campaign_2&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=rewardful&via=john-mcconnell Aston Element microphones 🎤#astonelement https://www.astonmics.com/EN/product/mics/element-bundle and Zoom audio recoding PodTrak P4 portable recording solution for the crispy sound https://zoomcorp.com/en/us/podtrak-recorders/podcast-recorders/podtrak-p4/ Davinci Resolve: https://www.blackmagicdesign.comCapCut: https://www.capcut.comMy recording/editing equipment - My latest #kit: John McConnell https://kit.co/Chief_McConnell/john-mcconnell and to all the brave men and women out there still protecting our freedom 🫡 some links may result in commissions for the site - most will not

Retire and relocate to Germany - Reserve Retirement - Anthony Horton Jan 14, 2023

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🕗 0:00 - Intro
🕗 1:00 - Guest Bio
🕗 1:58 - Morning Routine
🕗 3:48 - Life since retirement - Getting settled in Germany
🕗 5:09 - Reserve Retirement process and experience
🕗 7:22 - Virtual vs in-person and dealing with COVID
🕗 10:03 - The ONE main thing you should do if retiring from the Army Reserve
🕗 11:52 - Understanding your retirement points
🕗 13:12 - Transferring to Germany for a GS position, the 5W's
🕗 16:15 - In-processing Germany as a Civilian - similar to Active Duty
🕗 18:06 - What legacy did you want to leave behind? Why sharing info is important
🕗 20:26 - The power of passing on a PST for a specific position
🕗 23:18 - Retirement gift?...
🕗 24:35 - The one gift from MSG GO 🥺🥺🥺
🕗 32:10 - Check your retirement points every year at your RYE date - Especially having NGB and other time
🕗 36:55 - Birth month audit and keeping up with your points
🕗 39:22 - ways to tackle VA rating - Wounded Warrior Project
🕗 42:17 - why i read purely for enjoyment and some great starting points for Fantasy Fiction and Military Thrillers
- JRR Tolkien - https://www.tolkiensociety.org/
- New series on Amazon - Rings of Power - https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B09QHB3RTX/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r
- Tom Clancey - https://tomclancy.com/
- Brad Thor - https://bradthor.com/
- Vince Flynn - https://www.vinceflynn.com/
🕗 46:42 - Telling my younger self "Don't settle for good enough"
🕗 52:07 - "See the world!"
🕗 54:41 - Some final thoughts on Blended Retirement
🕗 1:03:43 - The Fourth Turning - https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-History-Americas-Rendezvous-ebook/dp/B001RKFU4I
🕗 1:04:02 - The Spirited Man - Van Neistat - https://youtu.be/xeVyfiP0cLk
Tony Horton on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/tony.horton.585
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