SIXTY-SIX RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL OCCUPYING TEACHING POSITIONS IN 17 JUNIOR COLLEGES COMPRISED THE POPULATION OF THIS STUDY. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENTS, AND THE RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL. NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND BETWEEN RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL AND CAREER TEACHERS, AND NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO ATTENDED GRADUATE SCHOOL AFTER RETIREMENT AND THOSE WHO DID NOT. IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS, RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO ATTENDED SERVICE ACADEMIES WERE RATED BY ADMINISTRATORS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THOSE WHO DID NOT ATTEND THE ACADEMIES. ADMINISTRATORS AND RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL BOTH AGREE THAT THE RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL ARE QUALIFIED FOR A VARIETY OF TEACHING AREAS DEPENDING ON THE BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE SCIENCE-MATHEMATICS AREAS. (HS)