>  JS> Nice job for the Lieutenant... Isn't 38 a bit old for
 >  JS> his grade.  Seems he should be either a Lt. Commander or
 >  JS> commander?  I did not know the Royal Navy was that hard
 >  JS> to make rank. ? ? ?
 >  If he did what my dad nearly did and take IOTC after being a non-com
 >  for some time its likely...
 JS> It could be that was it. You can not enter USAF flight training
 JS> if over 28 years of age. My oldest son was a Marine Corp non-com
 JS> then went USAF and retired as Lt. Colonel... Different service
 JS> rules.
 Wow. Thats a good skip :-) My dad was  32 or 33 when he started
 IOTC (Initial Officers Training Course) for the RNZAF (Royal New
 Zealand Air Force)
 JS> Trivia:  Dwight D. Eisenhower was on the list to be discharged
 JS> as an "over age in grade" major when WW II crisis started. He was
 JS> on General MacArthur's staff at that time.
Ooopse. :-)
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