Timeline for What can we deduce about the expected career of a US Navy "lifer" in 1972?
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| Mar 15, 2020 at 4:32 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | @TomAu: Exceptions undoubtedly occur, as anywhere else. The RCAF Captain overseeing the recruiting office that enlisted my son was closer to 50 than 40 I'd say. | |
| Mar 15, 2020 at 4:18 | comment | added | Tom Au | @PieterGeerkens: My understanding is that some exceptions are made in the U.S. for specialists. Usually they are Majors or Lieutenant Colonels, who couldn't make the next higher rank. But it is not a situation where "career Captains" would abound. A passed over Major (for Lieutenant Colonel) is close enough to a 20 year tenure so that s/he would be allowed to "top off" enough extra time to retire with half pay, and a passed over Lieutenant Colonel would be over the 20 year mark, and close enough to normal retirement age to be "carried," if valued as a specialist. | |
| Mar 15, 2020 at 1:19 | vote | accept | G_B | ||
| Mar 14, 2020 at 0:46 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | My understanding, from my son in the C.A.F., is that in the U.A. Armed Forces an officer is allowed to miss only one promotion opportunity - upon failing to make the grade a second time, they are required to resign (honourably). This is unlike the Canadian Armed Forces where career Captains allegedly abound, as technical specialists. If accurate, that suggests that the true technical specialists in the U.S. are the senior Warrant Officers - and that there are likely more of them (proportionality).if anyone knows better or different, please comment. | |
| Mar 14, 2020 at 0:41 | history | edited | Pieter Geerkens | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 13, 2020 at 22:59 | history | edited | Tom Au | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 13, 2020 at 22:56 | comment | added | Tom Au | @GeoffreyBrent: Expanded. | |
| Mar 13, 2020 at 22:52 | history | edited | Tom Au | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 13, 2020 at 21:12 | comment | added | G_B | If you can expand this answer to cover enlisted men, I'll be happy to accept it. | |
| Mar 13, 2020 at 5:12 | comment | added | Tom Au | @GeoffreyBrent: Pretty much. There are slight differences from one era to another, but the "great divide" was before and after World War II. By comparison, 1972 and say, 2022 would be relatively similar. | |
| Mar 13, 2020 at 5:10 | comment | added | G_B | Thanks. Would this also have been the expectation in 1972? | |
| Mar 13, 2020 at 4:50 | history | answered | Tom Au | CC BY-SA 4.0 |