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

BA> BK>  That I had not considered.

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

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

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

Because Carter, like The Clinton, downsized our military.


Jeff

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