Bob Ackley -> Bob Klahn wrote:

 BA> Draftees were called up for two years *active* service.  There was another
 BA> six year commitment to the reserves that followed (I think 4 years active
 BA> reserve and 2 years inactive).  If somebody volunteered for a 4 year active
 BA> duty hitch, the reserve time was only two years.

 BA> When one retires between 20 and 30 years service, one is actually
 BA> transferred  from active duty to the 'retired reserve' until one
 BA> reaches what would have been the 30 year point.

That may be the way the Army or the Air Force does it, but the Navy calls
it Fleet Reserve. David is beyond that point, Michael is still in it.

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