LJ,
You are perfectly correct in my case, left Regular service in 2008 after 22.5 years, had an overlapping start date in the Reserves, ready to go. Am still serving, with a continuous commission for over 30 years, ....that gets me......sweet FA! Oh well, one less to get mounted. I shall just have people thinking that I have been a naughty boy and do not deserve any recognition for my advancing years.
BB