“I came into the ARNG after an 18 year break from the USN.”
Small world isn’t it? I was enlisted USN 1972-1976 & USNR 1976-1978. Then commissioned service in the ARNG & USAR 1982 to 1993. I was reappointed to my last commissioned rank in the USAR this year - I want that 20 year letter and to finish serving.
When I went from being ex-Navy to ARNG it was quite a difference; especially when I had to go to a regular army school for six months of specialty training.
I still have trouble calling the “head” a “latrine.” Also, I still catch myself saying “belay that” when I want to change a directive I’ve given instead of “as you were.”