She switches from her accomplishments to why she extended in the Air Force. She claims that she extended for two reasons. The first one was for the convenience of the government and the second one was to get herself on US soil prior to her being discharged... less they drop her off at a port of entry with a good luck note.
Convenience of the government comes into play when it comes to extending one's contract.
Every service member enlists for a specific time period. At the end of this contract, the member could either reenlist, or process for separation.
What could stop this from happening? Stop loss.
Stop loss is an extension at the government's convenience. If not enough people are coming in to maintain minimum troop levels, the government could extend some service member's contracts.
For the convenience of the government indicates an involuntary act.
Also, when the military processes people for discharge, they make sure that these service members can make it to the place they entered on active duty. If these service members are overseas, they could also be transferred to a stateside military installation to be processed for discharge.
If Air Force Amy joined the Air Force from her home state of Ohio, that's where the Air Force would've sent her to. They wouldn't have stranded her at a port of entry.
"I traded sexual favors with an airman at base ops and got transferred to Nellis AFB in Las Vegas." -- Air Force Amy
"Base ops" is base operations. They're in charge of operations that take place on the base.
The people in charge of issuing Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders work at the human resources command... or equivalent. That's if the Air Force issues PCS orders similar to the Navy and the Army.
Having sex with someone at base operations isn't going to do much to get you transferred to another post... unless there's a possible criminal act and one must be transferred for one's protection.
Now, what were her reasons for getting out?
On Judge Pirro when asked how she got to the Bunny Ranch:
"And because all the jobs I'm qualified for, I would have had to carry a gun for a living. I didn't want to carry a gun for a living anymore. I looked at a station in Las Vegas in Nevada and I was like the bright light and the pretty cloths and the glamour" -- Air Force Amy on Judge Pirro
On the internet:
"I decided to separate from the military because my commander would not allow me to cross train into another field (which was my right) because I was too valuable to him with the training I had and I couldn't get a reenlistment bonus in the career field I was in so I gave an ultimatum to my commander asking him to please either cross train me into another field or give me a reenlistment bonus or else I would separate and go to work in one of the legal brothels forty five minutes away." -- Air Force Amy on her website
Followed by this:
"I didn't get my cross training or reenlistment bonus so I decided to act on my own ultimatum, with a few wine coolers under my belt; I made my way out to the Chicken Ranch." -- Air Force Amy on her website
These are two contradictory statements.
Her first comment wasn't exactly true. Military Police carry a weapon while on duty. However, while not on duty, they turned their weapons in.
She bragged about being Air Base Ground Defense, and taking all these men to the field for two weeks. She bragged about being a member of the detail that escorted Marcos out of the Philippines... yet she claims she didn't want to carry guns for a living.
On the second one, ultimatums generally don't work with Commanding Officers (CO). She also makes this sound like she's talking to her commanding officer.
If the Air Force is like the other branches of the service, Air Force Amy would've talked to a Career Counselor NCO. This person's job is retention, getting people to re-enlist. Also, if the Air Force were like the other services, the CO can't guarantee a bonus. The CO also can't guarantee her a cross training opportunity.
With the Navy and the Army, whether you could reclassify or not depends on the needs of the service.
If you want to train into a new MOS, that MOS has to have a real need for new people. On the other side of the coin, if your MOS was undermanned, there's a good chance that your branch manager wouldn't release you. Worse case, your MOS is neither overmanned nor undermanned. You could still be denied MOS reclassification.
I'm guessing that this concept is also applicable with the Air Force.
Also, if her CO found her to be "valuable," he would've tried to pull strings for her. It appeared that he didn't do this. This'd contradict her claims that she was valuable in the first place... or it could just be that he didn't have the power to get her wishes accomplished.
She also talked about "changing fields." The Navy uses something close to "cross-rate into another rate/rating," and the Army uses something close to "re-class into a new MOS." The Air Force might use something along those same lines. Changing fields sounds like something one does in the private sector.
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