PN - No. I spent 94/95 in the resettlement field, and was threatened with being banned by several COs/Stn Cdrs, etc for "depressing" the troops by telling them what it was really like getting "outside". I then got lucky - and I told people luck was an important element of job seeking, although the harder you tried the "luckier" you got. - I ended up for 10 years as Secretary of a very large yacht club, and my youngest had the most marvellous "Swallows and Amazons" childhood imaginable.