From: jholbach@wright.UUCP
Subject: Re: Admiral Hopper
Date: Tue, 1-Sep-87 13:06:47 EDT [thread overview]
Date: Tue Sep 1 13:06:47 1987
Message-ID: <166@wright.EDU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 2317@zeus.TEK.COM
in article <2317@zeus.TEK.COM>, dant@tekla.TEK.COM (Dan Tilque;1893;92-789;LP=A;60HC) says:
> Xref: wright comp.lang.ada:462 comp.lang.c:3123 comp.lang.misc:518
>
>
> At retirement, it's common (in fact, policy) for the military to
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> give officers an extra promotion. So it's quite likely that
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This is arrant nonsense!
> Hopper retired as an O-8 Rear Admiral, Upper Half. However, she
> may have needed approval by a Congressional Committee to get the
> promotion (I'm not sure if retirement promotions need the approval
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Not surprising, since there is no such thing.
>
> As far as I can tell, retirement promotions are mainly to give the
> retiree more retirement pay. Your tax dollars at work, ladies and
> gentlemen.
Could you give an example of one these beasts since you're
so convinced they exist?
>
> Now what this has to do with computers, I don't know.
>
Neither do I, but it sure is fun.....
J. Holbach
Disclaimer: But I don't even *like* the Navy.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1987-09-01 17:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1987-08-27 15:22 More fun stuff about Cobol Dale Worley
1987-08-28 23:05 ` Admiral Hopper Dan Tilque;1893;92-789;LP=A;60HC
1987-08-30 3:59 ` Max A. Woodbury
1987-09-01 17:06 ` jholbach [this message]
1987-09-03 17:23 ` Michael Mullins
1987-09-01 17:11 ` bhj
1987-08-29 17:32 ` More fun stuff about Cobol jholbach
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