Me, I was just a peon enlisted person.  Back then they reluctantly recruited
women.


Beth t the OT

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Thanks for explaining that, Beth.  So if you were called up, you'd have to
go?
I don't know if you were a commissioned officer or an enlistee.

It also explains why my dad fought in two wars.  He was an officer in the
USAF.

Kat

On Friday 17 December 2004 6:08 pm, Elizabeth Thiers wrote:
> Actually, when you sign up to be an officer in the military, you sign
> up for life, you are inactive but, not retired or discharged.  That's
> one of the big differences between signing up as enlisted and signing
> up as an officer.
>
>
> Beth t the OT
> (first Gulf War, non combantant veteran)
>