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To: kattracks
I'm confused. How can he start as a Marine private and end up a Navy captain?
8 posted on 05/01/2004 10:45:02 AM PDT by Ruth A.
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To: Ruth A.
One possible way: He entered Officer Candidates School. He then joined the Navy.
10 posted on 05/01/2004 10:51:26 AM PDT by holymoly ("A lot" is two words.)
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To: Ruth A.
There's lots of guys that have served in 2 or even 3 branches of the service. And many mustangs that enlist and end up as officers either through battlefield commissions (like Audie Murphy) or by getting a college education. I served with a guy that had started out in the Army in the Korean War and then went in the Navy and then the Air Force. It all counts toward retirement.
11 posted on 05/01/2004 10:51:58 AM PDT by Jaxter ("Guys like John Kerry spit on guys like me. I've been waiting 33 years to spit back.")
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To: Ruth A.
I'm confused. How can he start as a Marine private and end up a Navy captain?

That's Hollywood. It can confuse anything or anyone it wants.

14 posted on 05/01/2004 11:06:47 AM PDT by elbucko
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