I left the Army on my twentieth anniversary of service and planned to enter the travel and tourism business with my brother-in-law. I did do that on a consulting basis, particularly in the business management aspect of the business, and accepted another quasi-military opportunity in Miami as the Senior Instructor of an Army JROTC unit. 11 years later, I finally allowed myself to retire from that endeavor. I worked for a little over four years to get a DBA from Nova Southeastern University, which included 62 hours of course work, a dissertation and a published article. It was an academic work out to be sure, and all because one of my life’s goals was/is to get a doctorate.