'IN THE NAVY IT'S UP OR OUT'

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v ~r.T~cLi; Approved For Release 2007/06/28 :CIA-RDP99-004988000100100075-1 o~v PAGE ~/g THE WASHINGT0~1 STAR (GP.EEN LINE) 22 June 1977 .. . tie 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: -,,. ,.. . -. -_ -...:.~~-.. ~,,..-?:~..~.:.~.~... _. _ _ 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- -