OCEANSIDE, Calif. — The initial transition was rocky for one active-duty Marine when he left the service, but he's now thrilled with his new career as a professional military veteran, sources confirmed this morning.

William E. Pacheco, 23, who left the Corps in 2012 as a Lance Corporal, accepted a job offer as a professional veteran, with duties including having to mention his service to everyone he meets, going on Facebook screeds about foreign policy issues based on his extensive months-long service in Afghanistan, and posting military memes on his website to shame civilians.

"I don't really look at it as a job," Pacheco told reporters from his home office, which is decked out with challenge coins, Marine posters, and his promotion warrants. "This is a calling. Just like when my country called me after 9/11 and I answered, I'm out there every day representing the best and brightest of the veteran community."