'7-day option' gets second look Officers who turn down assignment would have to leave in 7 months

The numbers declined somewhat in 2005, when a total of 1,120 enlisted and officers left service under the policy - but that was still well above pre-Iraq war levels, according to data from the Air Force Personnel Center. Chief Master Sgt. Paul Knox, the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape caree...

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Published in:Air Force Times 2008-06, p.10
Main Author: O'Connor, Seamus
Format: Article
Language:English
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Armed forces
Iraq War-2003
Military personnel
Retirement
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Summary:The numbers declined somewhat in 2005, when a total of 1,120 enlisted and officers left service under the policy - but that was still well above pre-Iraq war levels, according to data from the Air Force Personnel Center. Chief Master Sgt. Paul Knox, the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape career field manager, was more blunt: "I think dropping the [7-day option] for a 365-day TDY is a no-brainer and the right thing to do," he said in an e-mail.
ISSN:0002-2403
1943-5762