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The final days

Griz882

Frightening children with the Griz-O-Copter!
pilot
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JFC, would it have killed NAVAIR PAO to rotate the admiral's picture?
Well, according to his obituary he died at age 59 which means he graduated college at 3 years old. Since he went through flight school when it was hopping, he probably winged just before he started kindergarten.
 
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Gatordev

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pilot
Site Admin
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What is a 1xx9 designator? Does this mean I should have "1319" on my NATOPS jacket now?
 

Gatordev

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An officer of the Navy Reserve who is on the retired list, i.e., the Retired Reserve category of the Navy Reserve.

But is it an officer of the Reserve Component or an officer in Selected or Inactive Reserve status?

I ask because if I can now claim to have had FOUR different numbers at the end of my designator throughout my career, I think I win Navy bingo.

But seriously, I would totally put "1319" on my NATOPS jacket.
 

taxi1

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"Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, 'It is done'."

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They wasted no time deactivating my Flank Speed, but CAC still works and DEERS still shows me IRR.
This license plate is taken, but maybe you can get it on a t-shirt.

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sevenhelmet

Quaint ideas from yesteryear
pilot
Silly question for those that have been on AD and followed up with retiring from the reserves...

I have my DD-214. It only reflects my AD time (first 15 years-ish), and not my reserve time (final 5 years). I retired at the 20-year mark as of 1 July, and received an NOE and a SBP update form in the mail (took care of that immediately- nice to know my wife is taken care of if I die in my 50s like too many of my friends). I also have the original retirement approval letter in hand.

However, when I call my local base to get a retiree ID, they ask me to bring a copy of my DD-214 and "orders". Is there an update to my 214 that is supposed to be floating around somewhere? Does my retirement approval letter constitute "orders"? I submitted a NARA request and got my complete service record (in less than 24 hours!), and there's nothing new there.

Should I just go to the ID office and show them my 20y NOE, retirement approval letter, and DD-214? Am I missing something critical?

I feel really dumb asking about this, but even my NRC admin is short on answers. The administrative "square peg, round hole" situation with paperwork that is "not quite right" seems to apply to my entire military career... yet somehow I seem to have made it through the meat grinder. Just want to snag that retired ID. Thanks in advance, and make fun of me all you need to! :)
 

subreservist

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Silly question for those that have been on AD and followed up with retiring from the reserves...

I have my DD-214. It only reflects my AD time (first 15 years-ish), and not my reserve time (final 5 years). I retired at the 20-year mark as of 1 July, and received an NOE and a SBP update form in the mail (took care of that immediately- nice to know my wife is taken care of if I die in my 50s like too many of my friends). I also have the original retirement approval letter in hand.

However, when I call my local base to get a retiree ID, they ask me to bring a copy of my DD-214 and "orders". Is there an update to my 214 that is supposed to be floating around somewhere? Does my retirement approval letter constitute "orders"? I submitted a NARA request and got my complete service record (in less than 24 hours!), and there's nothing new there.

Should I just go to the ID office and show them my 20y NOE, retirement approval letter, and DD-214? Am I missing something critical?

I feel really dumb asking about this, but even my NRC admin is short on answers. The administrative "square peg, round hole" situation with paperwork that is "not quite right" seems to apply to my entire military career... yet somehow I seem to have made it through the meat grinder. Just want to snag that retired ID. Thanks in advance, and make fun of me all you need to! :)
The letter that “orders” your retirement date is your orders letter.

For me, I didn’t need to show any paperwork. Once you have retired, your code in DEERS changes, so they can see you are official from just looking at your record electronically.
 
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