Actually the elegibility is a bit broader than Ron suggested. From the USAA web site: a.. Children of USAA members. b.. Active-duty officers and enlisted personnel. c.. National Guard and Selected Reserve officers and enlisted personnel. Both of my children have all of their insurance with USAA. The Officer only was removed a number of years ago. But I am not sure if you can join after you have been discharged. There is a page on the USAA web site which will check your status. Bob Austin

Bob & List; I joined USAA 25 years after I left the officer corps. I asked about a retired CSM (command sergeant major (E-9)) friend and they stated they could not because he was never an officer. However, I do understand that those rules have been changed because of the requirements of senior NCO's to now have bachelor degrees and could become an officer if they so chose. However, if you get your degree after being an enlisted man for 10 years or more, and you retire at 20, you are not considered in the officer corps at retirement. At least that was the situation when I got out in 1968. How much has changed since then? A tremendous amount. I won't go into the politics of it now. Just call USAA and ask. Just don't prevaricate. Regards, Rick Redfern --- bob Austin <thataway4@cox.net> wrote: > Actually the elegibility is a bit broader than Ron > suggested. From the USAA > web site: > a.. Children of USAA members. > b.. Active-duty officers and enlisted personnel. > c.. National Guard and Selected Reserve officers > and enlisted personnel. > Both of my children have all of their insurance with > USAA. The Officer only > was removed a number of years ago. But I am not > sure if you can join after > you have been discharged. There is a page on the > USAA web site which will > check your status. > > Bob Austin > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com > with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body > of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of > Water World Productions, formerly known as Trawler > World Productions.

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