There are people who have lost their jobs that would have given the a good retirement, and those with his kind of good years in military do have a chance to get some kind of retirement by going into one of the forces.... if they aren’t too old. I wish him well.
The impetus for giving up his comfortable life by the bay was mostly financial. He and
his wife were going over the family’s budget last year and saw the cost of college tuition
for their two teenagers looming before them. Taffe had already spent 14 years with
the Navy, and by adding another six years with the Reserve he could greatly increase
his benefits, he said.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Soldier-55-about-to-graduate-from-combat-basic-5510831.php