I believe a lot of government jobs allow (allowed?) early retirement based on years of service. Maybe that’s getting more rare, but it’s still the case in the military. A little googling, and it seems that in the military 20 years is still standard and they’re even trying to downsize some guys and are offering them retirement benefits if they’ve been in for 15 years.
It’s unusual (isn’t it?) for anyone to have a government pension in their mid-forties. Any idea how he managed that?
I believe a lot of government jobs allow (allowed?) early retirement based on years of service. Maybe that’s getting more rare, but it’s still the case in the military. A little googling, and it seems that in the military 20 years is still standard and they’re even trying to downsize some guys and are offering them retirement benefits if they’ve been in for 15 years.