Retirement

My official retirement date was 1 November, 2007. It did not really hit me, though, until yesterday when I received a letter in the mail from the Defense Finance Accounting Service. The letter was addressed to "CDR PAUL L KRATOCHWILL USN RET." Inside the letter was a notification that my retired pay account had been established. I never thought I would stay in the Navy much more than a single tour, and I certainly never thought I would make a career out of it!