[LMB] Bel and Pronouns (was: Bel's Age)

[B. Ross Ashley]

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:35:34 EDT, CatMtn at aol.com
wrote:

 > That's about what I meant about the comedy team--a good
 > lieutenant manages to get along with its superior officers.
 >  Bel actually seems to be a much better officer than Auson, but
 > has a little trouble with subordination, like someone else we
 > know <g>.  As for starting in the service later, I'm  not sure
 > about the mercenary service in space, of course.  Most branches
 > of most services ease an officer into retirement if he/she can't
 > manage to get promoted to a rank appropriate to his/her age, though.

It's not just the commissioned officers ... a good buddy of mine is an 
ex-paratrooper (Canadian Airborne) who managed to get promoted to Master 
Corporal three times. Each time he did something to fark it up, sooner 
or later ... like beating up an officer in a bar fight.
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