http://armystrongstories.com Army Strong Stories is an official U.S. Army blog portal created to share personal Soldier stories. Its purpose is to promote discussion surrounding life in the military, communicate the impact of day-to-day military life and follow the paths of Soldiers enlisted in different areas of the U.S. Army as they experience new opportunities. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:05:08 GMT Fri, 25 May 2012 04:05:08 GMT http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/randall-brown/would-you-stay-on-active-duty-if-retirement-was-changed-from-20-years-1/ By: <a href='http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/randall-brown/'>Randall Brown</a><br /> As the government looks at ways to decrease the national defense budget some thoughts about increasing the retirement years beyond 20 years of service has arisen. As an ILE student I have been impressed with my fellow officers attending the course. I can&#8217;t help but question how many of these officers would not have stayed on active duty if the retirement years of service were greater than 20 years. For example if the qualification for active duty retirement was for 30...<a href="http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/randall-brown/would-you-stay-on-active-duty-if-retirement-was-changed-from-20-years-1/">read more</a> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:13:00 GMT Randall Brown http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/randall-brown/would-you-stay-on-active-duty-if-retirement-was-changed-from-20-years-1/