Retirement pay kicks in after 20 years service; leaving at 16 years might indicate a person recruited by the Project without waiting for him or her to reach retirement age. "We really need Smith; perhaps we can convince him to ditch the Marines and come over to the Project. He'll be too old if we wait until he's been in the Corps for 20 years." After all, the "convincing evidence" for a world war (or whatever) is just as convincing for a serving member of the military, right?
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Michael B.
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