By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jul 20, 2007 15:21:08 EDT
SAN DIEGO NAVAL BASE — Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen might likely be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but his mind was all Navy on Thursday during an all-hands call here with hundreds of sailors.
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Mullen thanked each of the sailors who re-enlisted, bantering lightly with them and peppering each with the fatherly question: “How long, and how much?” All but one of the sailors who re-enlisted earned five-figure bonuses in exchange for a commitment for another three, four, five or six years of naval service.
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Although re-enlisting didn’t give him a bonus, Velazquez said it was an easy decision that would cap off 16 years of service so far — about 12 of those years spent on sea duty. “I feel like I have so much invested in those 16 years, so why not go the extra four years and retire?” he said.
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