Pre-retirement program for retired army in Malaysia

The research is entitled Pre-Retirement Program for Retired Army in Malaysia. This research is mainly about the pre-retirement program that provided by PERHEBAT. PERHEBAT is the main organization that organized this pre-retirement program for Malaysia Armed Forces (ATM). Generally, the goal of this study was to examine the implementation and effectiveness of the pre-retirement program for retired army. The qualitative method will be use in this research. The primary sources would be collected by doing the interview and statistical analysis on pre-retirement program. The research finding shows that there are several factors causing the problems faced by the military or former military members in preparing themselves mentally, skills, knowledge and experience to cope with life as a layman, thus engaging in a career field. These factors come from different sources, namely the regulations imposed by the armed forces, the process of selecting a transition program, the implementation of the program, the adjustment process and attitude of its own members.