Not quite chick. I still have 3 years left to serve but I'm giving myself other avenues to explore and options should the telecomms market not be what I expect when I leave, or not recruiting full time. Chances are like many, I will need to find contract work , so ideally have the bike instructor in my back pocket as a 2nd income if needs be to top up the pension and any other job that I find.

I think far too many serving service personnel leave their future in civvy street until their last 12 to 6 months, I just want to be ahead of the curve and looking after myself, after all , nobody else is going to look after me once I leave, I will be just another number in their records of someone who once served x