Joined as a 16 year old Boy Entrant in 1959, demobbed as a Cpl in 1973 and, thanks to RAF skills & training, joined GCHQ as a Radio Officer. I never missed the RAF as my last 3 years were spent instructing the RAuxAF at Mountbatten which felt like a "half-civvy" job; and I realised that I no longer appreciated all the ********* that came with being a comparatively elderly JNCO.
Spent 30 years with GCHQ, mostly working alongside ex-forces or ex-Merchant Navy bodies and (mostly) in posts/places where it was a joy to come to work. Now enjoying retirement in the peace and quiet at 59 degrees north. Sadly Mrs R passed away a couple of years ago but I keep busy editing the local monthly newsletter, etc.