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The villa of George's father, Aaron Bruce, is just south of Anderson Air Force Base.

Anderson Air Force Base covers a large area, and the Yigo area in the northeast of Guam is all part of this strategic air force base. In the easternmost part of this area, there is an independent villa area, where high-level officers of the Anderson Strategic Air Force Base live, and the minimum rank for staying here must also be a colonel.

It's as if Lieutenant Colonel Paul Adriano, who came to pick up Yang Jing and his group, is not qualified to live in this villa area.

Aaron Bruce, 57 years old this year, was promoted to Brigadier General of the Air Force in 2009 and Major General of the Air Force in 2014. He has served as a major general for four years this year. In the United States, generals are absolutely professional soldiers. If they want to retire, there are only three ways.

The first is retiring due to disability, which rarely happens to senior US military officials, especially Air Force major generals. Therefore, in the case of Aaron Bruce, if he wants to retire, he has only the latter two options.

The second way to retire is voluntary retirement. The U.S. military stipulates that officers below the major general have served for more than 20 years, and those who have served as officers for 10 years can voluntarily apply for retirement and report to the ministers of the various services for approval. Military officers who have served for more than 30 years need to be approved by the President upon personal application. Officers who have served for 40 years can apply for retirement without any approval, and they can go through the retirement formalities immediately.

However, few senior military officers who can be generals are willing to retire in this way. Unless there are some special circumstances that have to be retired, in the U.S. military, officers above the brigadier general will not easily give up the various powers they have worked hard for all their lives.

As for the third way to retire, that is forced retirement. The requirements for this kind of retirement are more complicated, but one of them is mandatory, that is, colonels, brigadier generals, and major generals. Must retire from active duty.

Just like George’s father, he was promoted to brigadier general in 2009, and then stuck with the 5-year time limit, he was promoted to major general in 2014, and he served as major general for more than four years and almost five full years, that is to say, If he doesn't get a promotion by September 2019, he faces mandatory retirement.

These were introduced by George to Yang Jing in the car.

It's okay. If there is no accident with my father, my father's name will appear in the list of major generals promoted to lieutenant generals in June this year. This matter is almost 100% certain. George said these words When I was there, I couldn't help showing a touch of pride on my face.

Lieutenant General of the Air Force, that is an absolute high-level US military. You must know that there are only 14 active four-star generals in the entire U.S. Air Force, and only 41 three-star lieutenant generals.

And once promoted to three-star lieutenant general, some retirement requirements do not apply. It can be said that in the U.S. military, only after becoming a three-star lieutenant general can one be considered a real and thorough professional soldier—you can work for a lifetime.

In terms of the age of George's father, if he can really be promoted to a three-star lieutenant general in June this year, he will not retire even if he turns 60 in three years. In the U.S. military, retirement at the age of 60 applies only to major generals and officers below major generals.

Now, as a major general of the Air Force who has served for four years, George’s father’s monthly salary can reach 10,108 US dollars, plus a series of allowances such as food allowance, personal allowance, family allowance, enemy firepower allowance, etc. George’s father can earn almost a month Get $22,000!

That's $264,000 a year!

This salary level is considered a high income in the United States, and more than half of the salary paid by George's father is subsidized. This kind of salary in the nature of military subsidies does not need to pay taxes in the United States.

The most important thing is that, as a high-level military officer, Aaron Bruce usually spends almost nothing on food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the base is all covered.

Just like the independent villa he lives in now, the two-and-a-half-story villa occupies a construction area of ​​more than 600 square meters. Although this kind of villa is not a high-end villa, it is much better than the barracks where the big soldiers live. .

And you don't need to pay to live in this kind of villa. In other words, George's father has the right to use the villa where he lives now, but not the ownership. But that's pretty cool too, no damn real estate taxes without ownership

This villa belongs to the supporting facilities of the Anderson Strategic Air Force Base. No matter how awesome the IRS is, they would not dare to come to this strategic air base to make trouble, unless they want to drive the officers and soldiers of this base back.

Therefore, it is actually a very beautiful thing that George's parents live here.

When they arrived at the villa, George's mother was already waiting at the gate. Although George has a younger sister and a younger brother, and he has been independent a long time ago, in the eyes of his parents, he will always be a child. This is the same for parents all over the world.

George's mother, Elizabeth Bruce, is a fifty-five-year-old white woman, but she is well maintained. In 2004, George's father was transferred from the Vandenberg Strategic Air Force Base in California to the Anderson Strategic Air Force Base in Guam as an Air Force Colonel. , George's mother followed. But George was an adult at that time, and no one came to live with him, but George's younger sister and younger brother were still underage, so they lived with him for several years, but now they both left their parents and lived alone. Now the area is not small In the villa, only the old couple and a nanny lived.

Now that the eldest son is coming, the mother is naturally looking forward to it, not only has prepared a lot of ingredients early, but has been looking forward to it at the gate of the villa.

After George Bruce got out of the car, the mother and son embraced for a long time, and the tear stains could be clearly seen on Elizabeth's face.

After exchanging pleasantries, everyone followed George into the villa. Elizabeth is also very curious about Yang Jing. After all, her eldest son has lived a more comfortable life since working with this mysterious oriental boss. This kind of job that is safe, profitable, and rich makes George's parents feel very sorry for Yang Jing. Jing was also grateful and curious.

Because George's father had an important meeting today, he was unable to greet Yang Jing in person, but Elizabeth personally greeted him, which also gave Yang Jing enough face.

Chris and the others are already very familiar with this place, so after they entered the house, they only sat for a short while, and then yelled and went to the back garden to prepare for the barbecue dinner in the evening.

In the United States, the best way to deal with such a gathering of people is to barbecue.

Yang Jing sat in the living room with George, and after a while, George's mother walked in with two cups of green tea.

Yang, I have heard George mention you many times on the phone. George's father and I are very grateful for your care for George. After drinking two sips of tea, George's mother began to chat. As a professor of philosophy at the University of Guam , Elizabeth has the elegance that belongs to her alone.

Hehe, Mrs. Bruce, you are too generous. George has been of great help to me, and I can hardly live without him now. Yang Jing joked with a smile.

Boss, don't let Connie hear your words. I'm going to propose to Connie on Valentine's Day. If you let Connie know this, I'm worried that Connie will regard me as gay

Both Yang Jing and Elizabeth laughed.

The 34-year-old George Bruce is finally going to propose to his lover Connie. They have been together for more than five years. Now that George can propose to Connie, this is a great joy for the team.

This matter was announced by George himself when the team assembled again from Port Moresby, so during these days, Chris and the others have often teased George about this matter.

So, George, have you chosen your house yet? Although George had already left his parents' list, the mother still cared about her children all the time.

Mom, the house has been chosen. It's in San Francisco. But the house I chose is not as big as the house you and your father live in. The house prices in San Francisco have soared a bit recently, but Connie and I decided to buy it from there. Of course, I was able to afford a villa in the Bay Area thanks to the generosity of BOSS, otherwise Connie and I would have to live in an apartment. While talking, George gave Yang Jing another small compliment.

Yang Jing smiled and waved his hands and said: George, you don't need to say such words of gratitude. The work you and Chris have done is worthy of your salary and rewards. This is what you deserve. But I hope After you get married, don't leave me alone, or I will only have Chris and John as the pilots of my aircraft in the future, and I hope to have the most professional pilot in my team.

Haha, don't worry, boss, I will not leave this team. I am very comfortable working in this team. I can use all the skills I learned in the army before. This kind of happiness and money I don't want to quit my job.

Elizabeth also smiled.

The young man in front of him may not look young, but he is really impeccable in doing things. George had called her once when he came back and told her about his boss's distribution of money in the North Pole. Although her son didn't make it very clear, Elizabeth still knew that the young rich man in front of her just rewarded them with bodyguards in the North Pole as high as five or six million dollars.

As for his son, he received a reward of seven million dollars-Alert shared two million dollars, and Siberia another five million dollars.

The son just went out to sea with this young man for a few months, and the reward alone was seven million dollars, which was more than what the couple had earned in twenty years.

Although money is not everything, the fact that this young boss can distribute so many rewards to the bodyguards around him is enough to prove that this young man attaches great importance to George and the others. This is what makes Elizabeth most at ease.

Generally speaking, the more you get, the more you give. Especially for a bodyguard like the eldest son, if it were another boss, seven million dollars would be enough to kill the bodyguard. But the young man did not do this, and his son was still alive and kicking, which is enough to show that working with this young man is not very dangerous.

Although Elizabeth was very reluctant for her son to work in such a dangerous industry as a bodyguard, her son was in his thirties, he had his own ideas, and his personality was just like his father's, so he was naturally suitable for this job. So Elizabeth has no choice.

Now that her son can follow a good boss, Elizabeth is somewhat relieved.

Hey, don't talk about it anymore. It's almost ready outside. Madam has prepared so many ingredients and drinks. We can have a big meal tonight. Let's go outside and have fun Let's go. While speaking, Clark McCann poked his big head in through the window, and loudly called the three of them to go out together.