You don’t make it to a mid level 10 year career if you are a poor performer.That’s what the fat boy program is for LOL.
I believe the overall point is the overall military downsize under Clinton gutted the old school and now the total drawdown. China and Russia want us dwindled down while Obama vacays. Obama sings Kumbaya and they chinese they play joke...
I guess that all depends on the branch, skills and timing. I knew guys that I wouldn't trust to boil water getting $20,000 bonuses to reenlist. For a while there the Navy evaluation system was so screwed up that getting a 3.8 on a 4.0 scale meant you were a dirt bag. I don't know if they ever got it straightened out. I saw lots of guys who'd spent their careers in the shipyards earning bogus qualifications being promoted to E-7 without ever making a deployment on an operational ship.