Interesting threat for me! We are Active Duty Army and still have about 6 years to go until military retirement. My hubby will be in 30 years then and they will throw him out LOL My family is all in Germany and he is not very close to his family so we do not have to look out for family. We lived in Florida for 10 years and still own a house there but I really missed the seasons when we lived there so I do not want to retire there. We had looked at NC and TN. For us it will depend on the local job market, good access to hospitals and close proximity to a military base.