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Post by Mark O on Jul 3, 2014 16:32:05 GMT 9
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Jim Scanlon (deceased)
Senior Staff 
FORUM CHAPLAIN
Commander South Texas outpost of the County Sligo Squadron
Currently: Offline
Posts: 5,075 
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Joined: July 2007
Retired: USAF
NBA: Spurs
NFL: Niners
MLB: Giants
NHL: Penguins
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Jul 4, 2014 2:09:33 GMT 9
Jack Benny wouldn't have to worry, as he served in the Navy during The Great War.
I'm waiting for the branches to raise the enlistment age to 42, which is the max legal age.
The Army is already getting some women at max enlistment age.
When it is raised to 42 for all branches, I wonder how many grandmothers will join, just to get an income and retirement pay.
Jim Too
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Post by LBer1568 on Jul 4, 2014 23:55:04 GMT 9
A neighbor of mine is a USAF Health Care recruiter. She says they asked to have age increased so they can bring on older doctors who are giving up their private practices because of the rising costs of liability insurance and Obama care paperwork requirements. They get less money from both Medicaid and Medicare as well as TRICARE and Obama care. So they join the USAF as a Major and get a choice of area in world they would like to serve. They also get the Bonus for being doctor based upon level of specialty. If these late bloomers stay for 20, they have to also get an age waiver starting at 55. But those are common. My father in law joined AF when he was 27 so he had age waiver to serve his 30 years. Lorin |
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Post by Mark O on Jul 5, 2014 5:00:41 GMT 9
When I went back on active duty in the USAF in 2003 at age 38 (just prior to my 39th birthday), an age waiver was one of the NINE waivers I had to get. That one was actually pretty easy since I was prior service. At the time -- as I recall -- what they did was subtract your years of Total Active Federal Service from your current age, and if that dropped you down to age 27, you made it. At least that's the way I remember it. "Well!"  |
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