Okay, so here is my attempt to make my goals kind of solid, by putting them in black and white. I've had lots of thoughts about what I'm going to do in the next two years, but not so many about what I'm going to do right now. Part of the problem is that making a decision about where I want to be in the next two years will shape what I do today. So...what have I been thinking about?
I'll be eligible for retirement in 2019. I would stay in the Army for a couple of things:
- An assignment to Houston
- An assignment to Fort Meade
- Teaching at the Naval Academy
- (maybe) A job at an education facility
- (maybe) A job like HRC, 2501st DLD, or SUSLAK
- (maybe) A cool O-5 job. Working at DISA Test Command sounds good
So there are a couple of things that I would stay in for. But if I get out, then what do I want to do?
- Work on university staff
- Work at NASA
- Work a government job in Houston
So then the question becomes, how do I prepare for any of that? The nice thing about staying in the Army is that it doesn't require any schooling or anything, just coordination/campaigning for the jobs. NASA is really the only thing that would require training. But when I think about it, I really do want to learn more about telecommunications engineering. I've had the title for so many years.
And after the fiasco that was Korea, I know better than to try to set hard goals for the next assignment. Let's get in the office first and get a feel for what the next 2 or 3 years are going to be like. But I can still set some general life goals.
What is my life going to look like? How do I see myself in Christ? That's really the big one. My Christianity has always been a huge part of my life, and now its...different.
