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Old 04-26-2010, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b View Post
I've never used 4-year blocks -- I always used 2-year blocks. IRL, depending upon your enlistment commissioning packages, a commitment period can range from 2-8 years, but enlistment periods for most MOSs are 3 years or less. (Basically, the more you want from the military, the longer the commitment you'll have to make.)
I've thought about using 3-year terms, and/or then having a d6 roll to round up or down a year at the end of chargen.

Re: 59-year old tanker. My great-grandfather *may* have gone to WW1 ~age 57. He was a sergeant in the Pennsylvania NG, and I have a photo of him in the regiment's pre-deployment "yearbook." I just haven't found any evidence beyond that. That same regiment went to Luzon in 1898-99, but again, no hard evidence.
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