I was a contract E-2 based on the number of college credits I had when I enlisted, so I guess being a prior service Army officer should get at least that much. My recruit platoon had a prior service Army NCO among the recruits, he was our platoon guide by the end of first phase. He was a contract E-2, and got a well deserved meritorious promotion to E-3 at graduation. My platoon also had a CPA who enlisted because he decided he hated paperwork. He was made our platoon scribe.

I think over half our platoon were contract E-2’s, between the college student reservists like me and the special cases like the NCO, the CPA and a few others who selected hard to fill MOS’s.

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