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RETIREMENTS
Senior Rear Admiral Leota Schnepel presided over the creation of the first element of the combat navy, though she held the top spot for only four years. She spent most of her career as a captain('34 through '66) as Logistics Officer at Fleet HQ. Her only ship command was the Essex-class Marc Aaronson, since scrapped decades ago.
Lieutenant Commander Chiquita McGuffie retires as well.
Brigadier General Joann Altschuler, second in command under MG Anton Engelhardt, is the last of the old guard to step aside. She held the rank of General for the last 13 of her 40 years in the service, commanding one of Earth's combat brigades for the last few.
All of the remaining generals are in their 40s or younger, so the current group should be quite stable for a while.
Overall, a couple of big names leave but not that big a shakeup in the grand scheme of things.
MILITARY CHARACTER UPDATE
Cpt. Tell Perj Jr. -- 1st out of 10. The 53-year-old is still Logistics Officer at Fleet HQ, and is presently the top candidate for promotion to Admiral. If that happens though, it is not expected for a few years.
Lt. Cmdr. Rob Nielsen III -- 19th out of 95. Routinely surpassed by younger recruits, Nielsen's career is expected to be over soon. At 39, he's one tour away from being 'encouraged to pursue other opportunities' to allow those with more potential to step up . He'll finish out, barring something pretty dramatic, with another tour onboard one of the fuel harvesters at Saturn.
Lt. Cmdr. Chance Perj -- 11th. A good start sends Chance out to Saturn as well, but it's a solid initial posting after he managed not to do anything particularly stupid on the Nimitz's shakedown.
Col. Sterling Silvers Jr. -- 1st out of 46. Currently CO of the 34th Mobile Infantry under Engelhardt himself in the 2nd Brigade, Silvers has an important job while he awaits the inevitable promotion. Most observers consider him superior to the majority of active generals already.
WAITING LIST
Deacon Palmer Jr.(Army)
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