http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/blue_to_green_moving_slowly_/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:12:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/blue_to_green_moving_slowly_/comment-page-1/#comment-45417 Jeff Mon, 09 May 2005 22:49:37 +0000 /?p=10461#comment-45417 My initial National Guard unit was in Charleston and in the late '90s they had a bunch of "Try One" people who were prior Navy and Air Force because of the bases in Charleston. Aside from some other recruiting issues, after the first trip to the field (Ft. Stewart in particular) virtually all of the ex Navy people and 1/2 of the Air Force ones made up their mind that they wouldn't be re-upping after that year symbolized by the Try One name. My initial National Guard unit was in Charleston and in the late '90s they had a bunch of "Try One" people who were prior Navy and Air Force because of the bases in Charleston. Aside from some other recruiting issues, after the first trip to the field (Ft. Stewart in particular) virtually all of the ex Navy people and 1/2 of the Air Force ones made up their mind that they wouldn't be re-upping after that year symbolized by the Try One name.

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