No, not at all. She could apply for an upgrade, but she would have to show exceptional circumstances and it's a long process, involving years.
If it could be done, no guarantees, she'd need to become a stellar citizen and mother, sustaining the effort over years, to show she was going through an aberrant bad patch when she failed to deploy. Even then, I'm not sure she could do it.
If she goes back to Oakland and goes on welfare, fuggetaboutit. She would have have no chance at an upgrade.
Yes, exactly.
Yes but you know that is a very big myth. Just like was said, everyone seems to think it works that way.
I don’t know the origin, but it may be from the staff telling the troops,
nah don’t worry about it. You can upgrade in 6 months. It nothing. Just a guess, but yes, this is a very widespread belief.