gslack
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- Mar 26, 2010
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Bullshit. ALL of my friends who served STILL have their ID's, they're marked RETIRED!
You actually think that someone who serves one term gets a retired-military ID card?
Dang. I never realized I was entitled to lifetime health care from the military system because I'm supposedly "Retired military".
Civilians. Heh.
One is "retired military", in the legal/financial sense, if they're getting a military pension. That usually means 20 years in. One-termers may be "retired military" in a moral sense, but not in a legal sense.
My benefits were restricted to things like educational money and VA Loans. Though the VA was a total pain about the home loan. Wouldn't give me one, as there was a 3-month gap in my employment history. When I told them I was looking for a job at that time, they told me to fake something for that period. I told them goodbye, went to a civilian loan company, and got a loan within 24 hours at a lower rate.
If you were a commissioned officer you would have no term date. Meaning you would be in service until you either resigned your commission,or the navy decided your services were no longer needed. The time you would get an "end date" on your service would be after one of those scenarios...An officer would know this..
Also, the VA benefits for medical, would be in case you were injured and no longer able to work, or past retirement age, or a condition brought on by your military service that would manifest later..Again an officer or navy man would know this...
Your VA loan not being approved wouldn't have anything to do with a 3-month employment gap. Not all homes or loans qualify for the VA loan, they have strict guidelines and rules, and limitations. Also the VA acts as a secure co-signer and are not the actual source of the loan. The money will come from a licensed VA approved lender not from the VA itself. They are a loan guarantee and a way to secure your loan beyond your own ability to pay.
Two of my brothers and a brother in law currently have VA loans for their homes, and two of them came through quicken loans, and the other through his own bank...
Again an officer or a ex-navy man who applied for one would know this..
Fact is, as I and others have stated you wouldn't be able to do 4 years in the "nuke" program especially as an officer. Just like my brother had to serve 6 years due to his training and clearance. The only way you would get out in 4 would be if you had a family hardship or had some kind of issue preventing you from the full terms. And IF that were the case, you would have said so by now. According to you, you were fine and dandy, and out in four....Again, an officer would know this...