HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I might miss the port visits, but not the work or people... Times have change and so have the attitudes of the kids joining...
When I retire I'm gonna take 30 days off, and do nothing... then I start my next life... Working for the Navy (as a Civilian) making some decent money for a change.
Stay in? If I would make E-7 then I would stay in until my 22 year mark, but other than that I have 17 months until I hit 20, then it is retirement.
Now, C'mon Pete... You know you wanna join the Air Force!!
(and that is what I'm telling my Son to do!!! )