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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. ;-) |
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