Could be, honestly. They also changed the name of a bunch of other names and acronyms. It reeks of change for the sake of change.Wasn't it always TAR in the US Code? A couple of years after the name change to FTS, USC still stated TAR. I never bothered to go look it up again after another few years, but I doubt anyone had the energy to try and change the Code.
NOSC is a shortened version of NAVOPSPTCEN.Good lord. But will a NOSC, which is now called a NRC, still be referred to as a NRA? It's like the computer program didn't have enough memory space to have a 4 character title (NOSC), so they made up another one (NRA).
Well now that is going to f the system (which is what FTS stood for all along.... right??).So, for those of us who got tired of explaining how “FTS” is pretty much like “AGR”…well, now we get to keep on confusing the Joint world and ourselves even more. And only 16 months after we finally got a DOD Instruction (DODI 1205.18) that defines how all the Services are supposed to provide “Full-Time Support to the Reserves.” How do we keep doing this to ourselves…
NOSC is a shortened version of NAVOPSPTCEN.
I always thought that was one of the worst message plads. The comm people on the address committee must have been feeling extra froggy the day they settled on NAVOPSPTCEN- we'll remove a few vowels here but we'll leave a few in there too, just enough to make it really confusing. That'll teach people to call us nerds.Thanks professor. Whatever it stood for, no one ever called it a "NRA" except in an administrative document/email. But everyone knew what a NOSC was and what it did.
@RedFive, any idea what the document is talking about when it says, “On 20-year career path, unlike AGR”? I thought Army and USAF AGR could all retire after 20 years of Active service, and didn’t have to wait until age 60 to receive retirement.
Also, don’t AGR billets have specific PRDs, PCS requirements, and key milestones? And I’m pretty sure AGRs can serve up to 20 years, High-Year Tenure, or some upper age limit (60?). I’m not getting how that isn’t a “career path.”