[Timber Rattler]

And thus the Army tosses away its seed corn...

[NonValueAdded]

My thought exactly.

[Leaning Right]

I had a friend who was a major in the air force, with 18 years in. He didn’t make the cut to LTC. So they offered him a master sergeant’s rank and position. He took it, and got to 20 years and a pension.

Does such an option exist today?

[Rockpile]

My old man was regular Air Force from WW2 on. He said the military and naval reductions from 1945 to 1950 were staggering.