We had to be 21 upon completion of training and awarding of the suffix 'S' SQI - I always assumed it was to be able to legally buy all the beer for your first ODA assignment when going through all those 'firsts' they kept coming up with - actually maturity was the issue - still not sure how I slipped through that one. 
Richard
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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