DTIC ADA267828: Manpower Requirements Report FY 1994 : Defense Technical Information Center :...

Its my birthday.

After Swearing an Oath to Defend the Constitution, and now reading so many DOD instructions and USCode etc etc etc I ask some questions...

Will someone with some knowledge of this stuff answer some questions?

Was I actually 1 of only 600 SAM Enlisted in all the Navy in 1994?
Was someone in the Navy shutting down the actual enlistment in 1994?

I am trying to actually understand what was actually going on then and how I would go from a meritorious bootcamp recruit graduate to a uneducated confused overwhelmed stressed out, homeless suicide hospitals, multiple meds and memories I could not process, ending up fighting denials of basic benefits like homeless housing at the VA for 5 years because the SAM was a reserve enlistment that did not have enough active duty days built into it for va support etc etc etc

Here is an excerpt to verify in the linked report


Department of Defense Manpower Requirements Report FY 1994 

SAM 1/ (0.6)  
  The Sea and Air Mariner program, a non-prior service  accession program inaugurated in FY 1984 to help the Naval Reserve meet its junior enlisted personnel mobilization requirements, is drawing down to maximize the retention of spaces for the more highly trained and skilled veteran personnel. An offshoot of this program, Sea and AirMariner II (SAM II), was developed specifically to place individuals serving two years on Initial Active Duty Training, onboard FFT 1052class ships. With the cancelation of the FFT program, the SAM II program draws down in FY 1994.