Jack got a call this morning from someone at Buppers and he told him that his orders were a mistake and that he now has at least 2 more years. He explained that he converted to full time reserves (FTS), but the paper work hadn't gone through so he was on the active duty board when his name went up for promotion. Therefore, now that we are now officially FTS those are null and void and we get two more looks, which means two more years. He even said that FTS sometimes even gives 3 looks so now we might even be in for 3 more years.
We are not sure how we feel about this. We are sick of being jerked around and we have no hope of being selected for LCDR, so we know getting out is only inevitable. However, I have to admit that my first reaction was relief. I feel better knowing that we aren't in such a hurry to move and sell this house! This will give time to get the market better. I told Jack that if we got called back for a job like yesterday so quickly, surely they will have something like that in a few more years too. I think he is a little disappointed, but I do think I saw some relief on his face too.
The guy on the phone said that FTS boards are different than active boards and tried to give us some hope that a promotion might happen. We are not going into the next few years with optimisim. We are just buying our time and enjoying a paycheck!
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