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What’s Next?
No matter what stage of career you might be in, it’s never too
early to make plans for a secure retirement. Explore some of
your options in Military Offi cer’s semiannual retirement issue.
T
his month, we take an- If you’re not quite ready for
other look at the retirement serious retirement thoughts,
scene. We do this twice a how about thoughts on a seri-
year because you, faithful ous strategic issue? In a region
member, tell us it’s some- of the world rich in natural
thing you like to see in your magazine. In resources, old enemies — and
fact, in our 2009 readership survey, mem- even old friends — are staking
bers told us “retirement lifestyles” was claims and fl exing military
the second most preferred topic they’d muscle. The Middle East, you
like to see in both Military Offi cer and on might guess? No. We’re talk-
MOAA’s Web Base,
www.moaa.org. (The ing about the Arctic.
highest-rated topic is “current legislative According to the U.S.
issues.”) Surprisingly, retirement lifestyles Geological Survey, the Arc-
was near the top of the list for all age tic could hold 1,670 trillion
groups. Or maybe it’s not that surprising. cubic feet of natural gas and
After all, we all hope — sooner or later — 90 billion barrels of oil. This
to enjoy a well-earned retirement! represents 30 percent of tech-
Because we talk about retirement mat- nically recoverable reserves
ters every six months, sometimes it’s a of world oil and 13 percent of world gas.
challenge to fi nd a new twist on the subject. Russia, in violation of international agree-
After much research — and after poring ments limiting claims more than 200 miles
over stacks of story ideas — we came up offshore, seems determined to slice off a
with an interesting proposition: Has the sizeable piece of the Arctic pie for itself. “A
fl ood of baby boomers entering the retire- Very Cold War?” page 100, continues the
ment zone altered the traditional view of MOAA professional series by looking at in-
retirement? Our feature “Tailor-Made Re- ternational concerns in the Arctic.
tirement,” page 78, explores that question. Also this month, we salute our nation’s
Baby boomers are 76 million strong. POWs and MIA. Sept. 18, the third Friday
They are healthier, better-educated, more of September, is the observance of POW/
consumer-savvy, and longer-living than MIA Day. The feature “Lost in the Hima-
previous generations. Many are forsaking layas,” page 94, tells the story of the search
a cookie-cutter “retirement complex in the for one group of missing servicemembers.
Sunbelt” scenario. “Tailor-Made Retire-
ment” discusses this and other retirement
trends. And while you’re reading, check out
our semiannual community list and other
features in the retirement section. — Col. Warren S. Lacy, USA-Ret.
10 MILITARY OFFICER SEPTEMBER 2009 PHOTO: STEVE BARRETT
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