While serving on Active Duty in an Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) position, Lt Col Scott Ostrow was selected for promotion to Colonel (0-6) but was denied an 0-6 position and was made to retire as a Lt Colonel (0-5).
Lt Col Ostrow petitioned the Board of Corrections of Military Records (BCMR), but was denied even though he he stated that he was not looking for a raise in his retirement pay but just recognition as a colonel.
Lt Col Ostrow still serves his country as a high school Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) instructor.