I think he means that if you are already over 20 years because of prior, enlisted service, then you have to retire after 7 months of notification of your 2 x FOS.
That's exactly what he says, reading comprehension fail.
I think he means that if you are already over 20 years because of prior, enlisted service, then you have to retire after 7 months of notification of your 2 x FOS.
To be clear, the Navy has had a policy/rule/reg as long as I have been in that allows FOSX2 O-4's get to 20 to retire but the law allows services to admin sep FOSX2 O-4's and some actually do. A couple of years ago the USAF did one of its wholesale cuts to manning and depending on the designator manning levels at the time they sep'd some O-4's in fields that were at or above manning levels.
Yep. Know an AF dude that happened to. Part of the problem, as I understand it, is that the AF is so below-zone-happy on their promotions that people could FOSx2 for O-5 before being in sanctuary.To be clear, the Navy has had a policy/rule/reg as long as I have been in that allows FOSX2 O-4's get to 20 to retire but the law allows services to admin sep FOSX2 O-4's and some actually do. A couple of years ago the USAF did one of its wholesale cuts to manning and depending on the designator manning levels at the time they sep'd some O-4's in fields that were at or above manning levels. A couple of folks I work with were sweating it a bit to see if their designators and YG's were going to be one of those under the knife. I think the Army has done the same from time to time depending on whether they need the bodies or not.
Traditionally I've always heard everyone in leadership say that if you're an Operational DH, you'll make O-5... with OP-T it was always a pipe dream.
Just to clarify- we're saying we now have Operarional DHs with EP tickets from the fleet FOS for O-5?
If that's truely the case the question that will soon be making its way through the ready room is "What the fuck is the point of staying in and being a DH then?" Good like to PERS 43 trying to make #s work after folks realize there's a decent chance they're going to get zero reward from big Navy for the pain of being a DH. These board results will likely push folks off the fence, towards getting out.
It's possible I may just be missing it on the website, but does anyone have a link to the Reserve side?
Isn't that the standard answer?More news from Millington.
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He basically told me they had no clue why I and the other non selects did not select vs some who did or vice versa. There is no smoking gun. He also said historically those who did not select this year would have in previous years.
Isn't that the standard answer?
It's all (mostly) blind guesses and PERS mind games at this point. Bottom line, if you aren't going to get even a competitive #1 short EP on your DH tour, start planning for being a terminal O-4...
VFA specific. All Op DHs with any length #1 EP selected for O5.
Of the 21 non selects 16 were #2 EPs, 5 were MPs that did not have high water Fitreps due to timing.
Of the 16 #2 non selects, they can't determine why those did not select. Ticket length was not a factor as some very short #2s selected were as some long 11+ month 2EPs did not.