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I have decided not to seek the next level and retire from the Navy after almost 25 years

The reason is that the Army offered me a position representing them in DC on all matters concerning UAV's (policy, acquisition, etc.)...which is exactly what I want to do.

I am very much looking forward to the challenge.
Interesting. In my previous company, I worked with Aerovironment on the first use of Li-ion batteries in micro-UAVs, funded by DARPA. We broke a world record of endurance at
that time. Here, I found the old link (I was the guy who made those wing batteries):

http://mae.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=Articles&Subsection=Display&ARTICLE_ID=163707

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