situation? >> i retired in 2011 and took a couple of jobs. been laid off twice now in three years. >> laid off twice. you learned the skills of an athettickist. one would think in the civilian world, you would be able to take those skills and easily find a job. why has that not been the case? >> well, i've absolutely been able to find work. i just can't hang on to it. some of it is just the overall economic situation that we find ourselves in in the country. some of it may be, in fact, the aca with reimbursements going down and things like that. i was most recently let go at the army hospital in fort bragg and as a result of budget cut backs, i was handed my punk slip right before -- pink slip right before christmas. >> i imagine you had the experience of walking through an airport in uniform and having