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Old 06-10-2014, 04:56 PM
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I retired at E-5 Sgt after 20+ years of honorable svc, well over a decade and a half in grade due to my MOS being blocked for advancement. I liked my mos a lot and didn't want to recruit or DI to gain rank because I would have then lost my "fit" as a person with high functioning autism and been discharged for unsuitibilty for duty. I'm the only person I know that retired at E-5 without reduction for cause.

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In the Navy you could retire as an E-5 up until about 8-10 years ago when they made it impossible for them to retire. Of course those E-5s who had joined before a certain date were grandfathered but those guys are nearly gone now. Some Navy rates were really hard to move up in, such as Ship's Serviceman and conventional Machinest Mate.
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