Originally Posted by
hvydvr
10 years after your wings and bubbas frequently get nailed with events within a couple of years that extend them....PCS ADSC, requal ADSC, etc. By the time it’s all said and done, unless someone gets a massive Palace Chase waiver, dudes are rolling out at 12-13 yrs....35 years old makes sense now.
FWIW, you can’t be forced to take an ADSC extension for PCS, requal, promotion, etc. You can decline orders and get out after UPT commitment if that’s what you want to do. They may still PCS you, but it won’t come with the normal ADSC extension. Palace Chase waivers during the 14-20 hiring wave were plentiful, though not guaranteed.
Having said that, one would have to know they wanted out to turn down orders, as it also generates a separation date, but until COVID hit, that was happening a fair amount where I was at that time (along with PC waivers).
Also, UPT ADSC has been 10 years for a looong time. Mine was 8 back in the 90’s, and when I was an Blue jet IP in the early 2000’s it had gone to 10, IIRC. I had heard talk they were considering making it 15 to addresss the shortage at one point, but stopped caring quite a few years back.