A guy from Ukraine that I used to talk to a bit told me he finished College in Kiev and was then forced to join the Soviet Army. He was to be an officer, however the way he told me, he had to first spend 1 year as an enlisted. He said the difference was stunning. I saw him on TV on CSPAN last year giving a speech for the republicans.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?313449-...ists-rally-irs
You can scroll the text down if you want and at 3:02.57
And hit the blue button to hear him.
You know the score then. Best to you in your new tasks. If you stay with it, maybe you can collect a good retirement. I consider that retirement one of the best for the retiree but worst for taxpayers. The law is what it is though.
SoonToBe2LT (02-17-2015)
LMAO Glad you think that highly of this 76 year old.
Yea I agree. Guard retirement isn't as great as the RA component but it's still good. If I were to commission this year, it's likely I could make it up to Major, but not any higher. Guard officers have to fill slots, there isn't any "promotion". If you need to rank up and there's no job available at that time, you are out of the military. I know two Captains who couldn't find slots when their company command ended, so they ended up civilians.