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And yet, during this same era, a private operation to rescue some EDS employees was a rousing success. IMHO, this is more a rousing indictment of the Carter administration and their absolute hostility towards the military than anything else. During this time, when the military complained that we were being treated like second-class citizens, the Carter administration said that we could vote with our feet. And we did. I got out in 1980, and was sweating bricks during the hostage crisis that Carter was going to extend all enlistments because of all the people leaving the service.

In fact, the bleeding was so bad, that a friend of mine started out as an army private in '78, and during the expansion and improvement of the military during the Reagan administration became a naval officer. He is now a light commander.