One of the easiest ways to get kicked out of the military once a war is over is to be *too* specialized in your MOS. You get an offer to re-enlist when our time is up, but that offer comes with the notice that you have to change your MOS, which means starting all the way back over in training school. Or going for Officer Candidacy School if you're enlisted.
If you don't want to change your MOS, and you're not going into OCS, you're SOL because the military now has budget cutbacks, and no place to promote you to because all their slots are full. War = more slots. Peace = no money = less slots.
If you have a generalized MOS, like say, Aviation Engineer, that's easier for them to work around, you can be shuttled from plane type to plane type or post to post. If you have a highly specialized MOS like 'Lighthouse Electrical Technician' there are very few slots (most lighthouses being East coast and few of them being used) and very little demand.
The most common re-enlistment change once your MOS is obsolete is actually to become a recruiter. I bet Gabe would be a *wonderful* recruiter if he actually wanted to convince young dumb and full of cum to put their lives in the governments hands. If he didn't want to, there's be a very polite 'Fuck you' to the re-enlistment officer and his final paycheck in the mail.
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If you don't want to change your MOS, and you're not going into OCS, you're SOL because the military now has budget cutbacks, and no place to promote you to because all their slots are full. War = more slots. Peace = no money = less slots.
If you have a generalized MOS, like say, Aviation Engineer, that's easier for them to work around, you can be shuttled from plane type to plane type or
post to post. If you have a highly specialized MOS like 'Lighthouse Electrical Technician' there are very few slots (most lighthouses being East coast and few of them being used) and very little demand.
The most common re-enlistment change once your MOS is obsolete is actually to become a recruiter. I bet Gabe would be a *wonderful* recruiter if he actually wanted to convince young dumb and full of cum to put their lives in the governments hands. If he didn't want to, there's be a very polite 'Fuck you' to the re-enlistment officer and his final paycheck in the mail.