On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:00:50 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


This conversation made me remember something. When I left the Navy my
father-in-law was giving me hell for not sticking it out after 9 years
so I'd get a pension. He *was* my wife's father after all. :-)

So, after a couple of months of being discharged I went to see a
recruiter about joining the reserves. If I joined within a certain time
frame, the reserve status could convert back to active duty with no time
lost for retirement benefits. Since I wasn't sure about a civilian
career and to get my father-in-law off my back, I signed up for the
reserves for 2 years.

I asked the recruiter or whoever I was talking to what the chances of
getting advanced to E-7 if I signed up. The original "art of the deal"
negotiator. Ha!

He just laughed at me. Said if I signed up right away they wouldn't
reduce me in rank.

I got beat up a little by my best friend's father, the guy who got me
interested in the CG in the first place. He retired as a full
commander in the reserves and wanted to know why I would not want to
do the same thing. I suppose if I could have stayed in the ORTAUG and
stayed on the boat, I might have. They just had a hard time explaining
an FT on an unarmed 40 footer. I suppose if I had never got that
stinking FT crow I could have stayed a E-3 GM striker forever. ;-)