[Kozak]

I got out of the Air force in July of 1990, right before Desert Shield. As an ER doc with flying experience (flight surgeon for an F-4 squadron tasked for the Middle East as part of the old Rapid Deployment Force) I was pretty anxious. Called my old residency director ( who was the Army advisor on ER medicine, I trained at an Army Hospital ) and asked him what the deal was. His reply:

"Well if it gets ugly, there will be a bill through Congress in 1 day and it will be signed by the President by nightfall. The first planes going over will be full of Active duty folks, the next load will be Guard and Reserve, you can expect to be on the third, as prior service after that it will be the new draftees"....

So this ain't exactly a surprise. At 47 I am getting a litttle long in the tooth.

[y2k_free_radical]

At 58 surely i'd be too old to be called from I.R.S.