I retired off the MEB ten years ago, took early retirement, but I worked for the company for 17 years, so for 17 years half of the 17 years was kneeling down, fifty, standing up and kneeling down".
In the event, those key officers who were retired off were given honours, plum assignments or both, and a further 70 or so officers older than the then major general - hence of higher rank - were also retired, thereby placing him in effective as well as nominal control of the military.
Back from a tour of luxury liners retired off the Bahamas, the city's commissioner of homeless services said yesterday that after inspecting the ships to see if they could be used as shelters, she was encouraged by what she saw.
But with Mourning and Indiana's Rik Smits, who retired, off the floor, the Knicks may be more likely to stand pat and make a play for Sacramento's Chris Webber next summer.
Bylandt was wounded and retired off the field, passing command of the Brigade to Lt. Kol. De Jongh.
Through a referral by three-day event guru Denny Emerson, Jordan LaPlaca came down from Sharon, Vermont to see Winter and some of the other horses being retired off the farm.
