Read. This guy was no mustang who spent precious years in enlisted ranks. He was instead, an ANA grad who apparently was passed over for promotion regularly.
And I followed the links and read up on the guy in question, he’s an A1 nutboy.
He might be a nutboy, but I still applaud him.
“And I followed the links and read up on the guy in question, he’s an A1 nutboy.”
Your comment is mostly irrelevant because Fitzpatrick’s actions pertaining to this thread are not the actions of a “nutboy.”
They’re the actions of a rational and courageous man. All you’re doing is trying to pin a label on him that has nothing to do with this thread and is in fact refuted by this thread.
You can still be a mustang and go to the US Naval Academy. I personally was in this position myself. I completed 4 years of active duty, and I sent both an ROTC application and an Academy application. They were both accepted, but I choose to go to a ROTC unit. As far as the article goes itself, I see nothing about his career, other than the rank he retired at. If I continue my career I would retire as an O-4 or O-5 with twenty years. If I wasn’t an O-5 already, I would be up for selection. However, to get paid O-5 when I retire I have to be an O-5 for a minimum of three years. A lot of officers who have no intention of doing that, will ask that they are not selected, so that others who are willing to go past their 20 years will have a chance.