Word: transferable
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...details of what a transfer to the Regular Navy would mean in the way of a career, Forrestal frankly admitted, would depend on future legislation. All he could offer now were three generalized inducements: 1) transfers would be made in such, a manner as to "place all of you on an equal footing with U.S.N. officers of about the same age and of the same length of service in rank"; 2) Reservists who transfer would get the best naval education in the world; and 3) they would be promised "an equal opportunity in promotions and assignments...
Beyond its political functions the League served many purposes which the new organization must encompass, supervising such international concerns as health, welfare, education, drugs, slavery and intellectual cooperation. The choice of which. to drop, which to continue and how to make the transfer was one of the commission's big jobs...
...that all. A "transferability clause" which allowed the War Department to transfer 10% of an appropriation to another fund let the Army play fast & loose with Congress' intentions. With 10% of a $25 million expediting fund. 10% of a $16 million engineers' service fund, plus sums transferred from highway funds, the War Department was able to spend $86 million on the Pentagon Building-after Congress had authorized an expenditure on "that white elephant" not to exceed $35 million...
...about November 1, 1945. The length of training with the V-12 unit will be from one to three four-month terms, depending upon the individual's back-ground, and the needs of the Service. Failure to meet the standards of the V-12 unit will result in transfer to boot camp...
...high chair on the flag bridge, where some officers and men of his staff were killed. Two other places where Mitscher might have been were hit -an office and his living quarters, where all his clothing except "the uniform he was wearing was destroyed. Soon Mitscher had to transfer by boatswain's chair to the destroyer English, which flew his three-starred flag with unaccustomed pride. Mitscher soon went to another carrier...