'IN THE NAVY IT'S UP OR OUT'
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o~v PAGE ~/g THE WASHINGT0~1 STAR (GP.EEN LINE)
22 June 1977
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Although as ~a retired naval offi-
cer I am not the.most detached of
observers on the question of retired
officer employment and compensa-
tion, Ican speak with personal
.
knowledge of some aspects of re-
-:tired officerhood which seem to
have eluded many who speak out on
this subject, notably the President
.and.- incredibly -Admiral Stans-:.:
field Tiu-ner. ?-
' ' First, the-=term ~"retired"was-'"~
applied to such officers~s imprecise..,
-and misleading: ~1.military officer--~
:who finds himself in this status did. -
not, in the majority of cases
arrive
,
there voluntarily: -,,. ,.. . -. -_ -...:.~~-.. ~,,..-?:~..~.:.~.~... _. _
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The military ;service is, quite ,. _ sory severances occur to command- sect to immediate recall to .active
rightly, a young man's game, and ~ ers not selected for captain, and to 'duty if he is needed~.,s_:,:=.r- ;~:
there are strict limitations imposed captains not selected for rear adrrmi- -