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To: iowamark
Beau Biden is also a Captain in the Delaware Army National Guard

At age 41? I pinned on LtCol six days before my 37th birthday.

11 posted on 05/11/2010 7:42:42 AM PDT by CholeraJoe ("And the pony looked a little bored...")
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To: CholeraJoe
That's what hit me immediately.

He's awfully long in the tooth to be a captain, isn't he?

21 posted on 05/11/2010 7:48:26 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies (Vera Baker rumors--The Obama White House solution to imminent 'himbo' eruptions!)
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To: CholeraJoe

But he has a handicap. His dad.


25 posted on 05/11/2010 7:49:57 AM PDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: CholeraJoe

You must be different!!


28 posted on 05/11/2010 7:51:49 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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To: CholeraJoe

I did not know you served in the Delaware ANG.


29 posted on 05/11/2010 7:52:02 AM PDT by verity (Obama Lies - Obongo must go!)
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To: CholeraJoe
I was a 43 year old SSgt. Of course I had an 18 year break in service. The age vs rank thing is very different in today's military. So is the interoperation of the various services. Lots of JTF stuff these days. It was a culture shock.

Prayers up for the CAPT.

/johnny

30 posted on 05/11/2010 7:52:05 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: CholeraJoe
At age 41? I pinned on LtCol six days before my 37th birthday.

Well, he is a Dem. You know how time consuming all that charity work can be in his spare time.

31 posted on 05/11/2010 7:52:07 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
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To: CholeraJoe
"At age 41? I pinned on LtCol six days before my 37th birthday."

He's a National Guard JAG...neither of which is conducive to rapid promotion. He's swimming in a really small pond and essentially somebody has to retire or die for a slot to open up at the next higher grade.

34 posted on 05/11/2010 7:54:12 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: CholeraJoe
1) Were you NG or regular military?

2) My cousin retired, as a Captain (O3), after 30 years honorable service in USMC. Think about it for a bit ...

35 posted on 05/11/2010 7:55:20 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: CholeraJoe

The apple does not fall far from the tree.

I hope he gets well.


37 posted on 05/11/2010 7:57:23 AM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain/Graham = La Raza's Senators & Estefan-Rubio)
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To: CholeraJoe
At age 41? I pinned on LtCol six days before my 37th birthday.

I was a 37 year old 1LT. Want to talk about my 16 years of honorable enlisted and warrant officer service before knocking age/rank? Some of us go through WOC and OCS and not the candy-ass ROTC for commission.

47 posted on 05/11/2010 8:08:50 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists".)
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To: CholeraJoe

My dad did LTC at 28. Of course, he was Forward Artillery (105 welded to the bed of ha-f-tracks) under Patton. Different times.


49 posted on 05/11/2010 8:11:39 AM PDT by Blagden Alley
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To: CholeraJoe

“At age 41? I pinned on LtCol six days before my 37th birthday.”

Promotions in the Guard/Reserves are complicated.
I can remember a guy who was a Captain in his early forties and a little over six years later was wearing eagles and being talked about for flag rank.


55 posted on 05/11/2010 8:17:32 AM PDT by rogator
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To: CholeraJoe

he must be biden’ his time...


83 posted on 05/11/2010 8:49:36 AM PDT by isom35
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