BA> Replying to a message of Bob Klahn to Bob Ackley:

 BA>>> Given Bobski's comments on the general subject, I suspect
 BA>>> that Stan was RIF'ed (as were a lot of good officers that

 BK>>  That I had not considered.

 BA>>> were kicked out by the military's 'up or out' policy),

 BK>>  RIF was not the same as up or out. That was the military version  of
 BK>> downsizing.

 BA> It's effectively the same thing.  The military wants lots 
 BA> of young officers and commissions far more than are 
 BA> necessary for normal replacements; it can't promote
 BA> all of them, so it gets rid of those who don't get 
 BA> promoted.  That policy was also
 BA> applied to the enlisted force in the 1970s, IIRC.

 Yep, except that up or out is long term. RIF is like the hammer
 dropping.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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