job hunting

agree with dai 55 make your own luck , also agree with john , we do our time we leave , if you dont think you can get on in the world dont leave its that simple ,
cheers all
led

Why should the Army or any organisation concern themselves with fit and active men who have left them. You know the form when you join, if you do the whole caboosh you get a pension that is index linked and at 55, is almost double your original pension. Its not a fortune but it was never offered as a payment to be able to retire at 40. You do twelve years you get a "handshake payment" and a pension at 60. You get out earlier you can still claim a pension at 60 for retained service. (I believe there are other incentives now but i dont know what they are)

My concern is that the MOD dont do enough for our Widows and wounded, they are the people who need the help and deserve it. There is also the War pension that I keep harping on about (sorry) that is there for people to claim but for reasons known only to themselves, they dont bother. Whether they feel it is not right as they were only doing their job or they have heard it is a difficult process and takes forever or simply just cant be bothered to fill out the forms. Whatever their personal reasons, the War pension is there to be claimed and paid and the MOD cant be blamed on that score. How many other orgs can say the same.

Brian I hope things have panned out for you mate.

If anybody is looking for work in the security industry, I will do what I can to help. No promises though!