Jared spent several weeks training and getting in shape and submitting paperwork for the Special Forces 160th SOAR flight program. He was then sent down to assess and the National Guard paid him TDY to fly him down, board him and any other fees that went along with this. After a rigorous week he was given the handshake that meant he had the green light to be part of this special group of soldiers. I was looking up Chinook missions on You Tube and little bird pics. He came home and submitted his official paperwork to get back in to active army. This at a time when the base was experiencing sequestrations. I was working as essential personnel without the guarantee of pay and Jared was getting Furlough Fridays and 2 weeks off no pay at this time. (later update: Ironically Jared did not have to go to work but got paid and I had to work and cover the work of non- essential employees, so working twice as hard and my pay was delayed. Go figure!)
Jared began to budget for our life in Special Ops, I might not have to work, We began looking at homes for sale in some of the more elite neighborhoods. Jared would fly over new developments to check out places we should look. We starting Pre-Qualifying and getting our credit score information on track.
Back in the reality of the Military, the paperwork was getting backed up and tracking it all down was challenging. It wasn't until after we went to a friends wedding and saw the person that we needed to sign off Jared's packet to get back in the Active Army, and he said it had passed his desk weeks ago. We soon later found out that due to down sizing of the Army and Jared being so close to retirement that the Army did not feel that with his advanced age (36 at the time) that picking him up would be a benefit so they turned down his packet to get back in which then ended our options with Special Ops.
