Hawaii Peace Corp

As I was ready to exit the Federal Prison dentist position, I was juiced to stay. I had been industrious and inventive, appreciated by staff and inmates alike.

They offered my family a transfer to Hawaii to care for the people in the Peace Corp, coming and going.

HMMM. I was already a Lt Cmdr in rank and in just 16 more years I could retire at half pay and trumpets. For life.

I sought the advise of a dentist friend who retired after 14 yrs with the USPHS with only 6 yrs to go until early RT.

He said, "Ron, the flowers end at about year 12, then they believe one is trapped. Bad transfers occur. The orchids of Hawaii become the weeds of Alcatraz."