Welcome to Kiplinger's My First $1 Million series, in which we hear from people who have made $1 million.

They're sharing how they did it and what they're doing with it. This time, we hear from a retired Navy officer who's married and living in Greenville, South Carolina. She retired at 63.

See our earlier profiles, including a writer in New England , a literacy interventionist in Colorado , a semiretired entrepreneur in Nashville and an events industry CEO in Northern New Jersey . ( See all of the profiles here. )

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