Amazing how senior uniformed military members with 30 or more years of service are allowed to honorably retire with a nice pension and medical plan, but suddenly become so valuable they are needed as consultants (aka mentors) at up to $1,500 per day! Wow what a deal for them. Not so good for the taxpayers. If they were so valuable, why were they released from active duty? And, if they had some specific skill that was suddenly in demand by DoD, why not just recall them to active duty? All retired regular officers are subject to recall. The system now in place encourages senior officers to retire early to make a small fortune trading on the experience they gained on active duty. Some of these officers gain even more by representing defense contractors with an interest in selling systems to the military.
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