Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Actually regular officers were booted in the early 90's, although we all thought that could not happen. It was clinton's idea, and I think some of them sued the government.
I'm also 99% certain that academy grads are no longer given regular commissions...they have to augment like everyone else. This changed about ten years ago. Not sure about ROTC, but I assume they are in the same boat.
This is true. The regular officer rule changed many years ago. Actually it changed soon after the last RIF which was about 92'. Now I quite sure guys with a Reg Commission are not protected from a RIF. As far as I remember, in the 92' RIF, only Reserve officers were selected for RIF. I remember many of the Reg officers thanking their lucky stars as they walked around Travis.
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