True enough, just look at what they did to the senior OT' in 93. "Pick your retirement date within the next 60 days! I still think that, as I had re enlisted until 95, they had no right to break that contract.....but it didn't even slow them up. Awful lot of OT's tossed out, most with well over 15 years, Experience hard earned and lost overnight.

Bruce, you asked me to reply to you when you referenced my post. I wish this were 50 years ago, I would have been very much interested. When I left the service I was told I needed a college degree to continue as a civilian in the field. I went, but did not graduate,(got married, needed a job), Just for info, I served at Navfac Ramey, did tdy to Eluethera, and finished at Argentia, from 1959 to 1963. I held SOO3, SOO2, SOG2(part of the problem), and at final discharge STG2. Never knew what that was. I really loved what I was doing, and if I say so myself was very good at it, and got a 4.0 while at Argentia.
Thank you for your reply,
Jim Trimmer