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

SV:  I love watching a bunch of know-nothing AF enlisted people talk officer
business (where's Sakowski when you need him?).  The funny thing about this
particular thread is that Khlan actually knows more than Ackley does.

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