[cavtrooper21]

I'm betting that he gets to inspect the readiness of NG cannon cocker units in Idaho until he has his time in grade.
Then he can go on to better things. (with that LTC retirement pay)
I have the feeling that he may have been planning to retire anyway. I think this whole thing was a fluke and he knew that he would not get nuked too badly so he did what he wanted to do, not what he would have done if he had been looking for a bird or a star.
Besides, he was kind of long in the tooth for being as low in grade as he was. I bet he was gone at 20 anyway with the Army's up or out rules.

[xzins]

I don't think he was going to pasture. It is very rare to be chosen for battalion command and he was a battalion commander. He's also a minority. I'd say he was a shoo-in for bird colonel before this.

But LTC retirement pay ain't so bad.

I agree about Idaho cannon cockers. He'll be counting bombs in some ammo plant in AMC. Or worse...the most dreaded assignment for majors and ltc's....go to the puzzle palace and do the paperwork for some 1 or 2 star.