![]() ![]() Coast Guard/Petty Officer 2nd Class Nate Littlejohn) Andrew Norberg, commanding officer of Cutter Richard Snyder, stands before the cutter after its commissioning ceremony. ![]() Two years later, he became the commander of the Cutter Richard Snyder.Ĭoast Guard Lt. Andrew Norberg won $1 million while stationed at the Coast Guard Academy, the 29-year-old used the money on his house and his fiancee. ![]() For those newly minted millionaires who want to stay in, however, it's still an option.īack to the three military members mentioned earlier: When then-Lt. While your chosen branch of service isn't supposed to give you the boot for getting lucky, it can (and does) happen. ![]() In the Navy, this would be under " Separation by Reason of Best Interest of the Service." The Air Force has any number of provisions for leaving the service early most of them include " the best interest of the Air Force." For the Army, it's a matter of " unusual situations" - and, of course, the "best interests of the Army." No matter how one comes across a large sum of money, be it lottery winnings, inheritance or buried treasure, they can request a voluntary separation. There's nothing in an enlistment contract that says you have to leave the military if you come into a large sum of money, but there is a clause that allows for service members to request a discharge under "unique circumstances." But it's an option, one the government would very much prefer that such winners take. One would hope those troops all went to a real financial adviser in a hurry, rather than spend half of it on new cars, energy drinks and Skoal, and then wasting the rest of it.īut did they have to get out of the military, as the urban legend suggests? Nope, no one really does. ![]()
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