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Without training in a civilian’occupation the chances on the labor market were
small for dropouts and temporary-career volunteers without an academic education.
Those who underwent vocational training had no major difficulties in
being integrated afterwards. The question as to whether this is also tr;Erczf
officers who took up academic studies only after they had left the armed
cannot be answered at present, as they have not yet completed the respective
courses of studies.
Owing to the difficulties experienced in the transition to civilian life, dropouts
assessed the time they spent in the military less favorably than did university
graduates: however, temporary-career officers without an academic education
seemed to be quite content with their military service.
Assessment
Table 3
Overall Assessment of Military Service
Made By Dropouts and Temporary-Career Volunteers Without University Education
I am very content. Without any exceptions
my expectations and hopes have been
fulfilled.
I am content. My expectations and hopes
have mainly been fulfilled.
I am not content. Many of my expectations
and hopes have not been fulfilled.
I am very discontent. None of my expectations
and hopes have been fulfilled.
I cannot answer the question.
Number
Temporary-Career Volunteers
w/o Univ. Education
3 ( 3.4)
(’ 75.0)
17.0)
2 ( 2.3)
2 ( 2.3)
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Number 1%) of Answers
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Dropouts
2 ( 3.4)
28 (47.5)
15 (25.4)
14 (23.7)
Among pilots there was a relatively high degree of discontent with regard to the
civilian occupations they held three and a half years after retiring from active
duty. This was primarily owing to the fact that these officers had attained high
ranks before leaving the armed forces and had based their expectations on what
they had achieved. If these expectations should remain unchanged it will be very
difficult to remedy their situation. This applies in particular to those officers
who not only expect their civilian salary to correspond to the rank they
had attained (in most cases lieutenant colonel) but also try to continue their
career as civilian pilots.
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