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Old 05-12-2007 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by reCALcitrant
Our navy buddies do this all the time. Not for me though. What a screw job.
You are not in a working billet, thus no pay, just points. On the flipside, it is a no stress, good holding tank for younger guys waiting for slots in pay billets or just finishing out 20 with no stress before retiring. Two options: Show in person like the CAP/ALO folks 2 days a month and shoot the breeze doing nothing, or if you don't like that, you can go IRR and do the 'coloring' books for 'free' and just stay home (on a layover) and collect a check at 60. Not bad if you have 10-14 years+ active and don't want to do any more mil. The investment is very attractive. The IRR coloring book folks spend maybe 20-30 hours a year doing the courses. Even at 10 years in the IRR, that works out to a a hell of a return on investment at 60. Not a screw job at all.
300 hours of work or less and plenty of beer money at 60 till you croak!
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