Married to a second lieutenant, the woman couldn't help herself. She vented. She gave up a good civil service job and her husband was a staff sergeant, steadily climbing the enlisted ranks, when they decided he should go to Officer Training School.
He excelled. She pinned on his bars in December. Now, he's out of a job, one of 28 junior officers getting kicked out because they either haven't started their initial skills training course or didn't finish the training. By year's end, the service will cut 6,000 airmen — enlisted and officer — because so few are leaving on their own due to the recession. The number of officers, second lieutenants to colonels, targeted for discharge is 1,373.
"Who would have thought getting commissioned was the worst mistake you made in your life?" the wife asked. |