What happens is that he can serve while in this continuation of service status and then when he's done he's done. Guard officers at that level have to retire and stay on. Because the way the guard promotion system works is by SLOT.

That doesn't mean they have to leave service, there is a process called a continuation of service that lets you stay in the military following your technical administrative retirement. I would bet 99.9% that that is exactly the situation here because it is not uncommon with senior ranking officers.

Very important to note that he’s ANG, not RegAF. In the ANG, every officer has a mandatory retirement date that they cannot exceed. What then happens is these highly qualified guard officers hit that MRD and they have to administratively retire.

Oh, George… not the livestock!

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Holding on to these words for the next 4.