gksr
Member
Military rank
MM-2nd class (SS) E-5, saw a lot of places.
MM-2nd class (SS) E-5, saw a lot of places.
What Was Your Rank
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Bajadoc
US Veteran
E1 to E4. Out. Back in O1 to O3. Out.
Went from E-1 to Chief(E7) in little over 7 years, E8(SCPO) 2.5 years later.
Made MCPO(E9) at 20 years.
Retired as CMC of several ships and shore units with just two
Months short of 32 years.
Made MCPO(E9) at 20 years.
Retired as CMC of several ships and shore units with just two
Months short of 32 years.
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USAF Sgt (E-4)
Looks like you were in the real Air Force...before they started blanking out stars and trying to make all the young men happy with whatever their rank was called at the time!!!
AMMO - 461xx???
I spent three years in an ammo dump in europe...then ran into the same guys years later on a bomber base in Thailand. Small career field!!
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Sad story is my best friend made E6(1st Class) and E7(Chief) at the same time. I made E8(Senior Chief)
and he went CWO 2, 3(I gave him his first salute and held on to the silver dollar for his retirement) then LDO 02 and made Captain(O6).
Died of a heart attack 5 months before he was to retire, he was only 58 at the time.....
and he went CWO 2, 3(I gave him his first salute and held on to the silver dollar for his retirement) then LDO 02 and made Captain(O6).
Died of a heart attack 5 months before he was to retire, he was only 58 at the time.....
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Welcome back.
USAF 59-63, E4 which at that time was called Airman 1st Class, now I believe it's called Sargent. As a Jet Engine mechanic it was a critical field, but rank frozen. Go figure. One of my wife's friends younger brother was in 4 years later, in Nam, and actually in the same 366th TAC Fighter Wing as a Jet Engine Mech and he made E6 Tech Sgt. on his first hitch.
model70hunter
Member
E-5, acting E-6 Platoon Sgt USAR. I had 7 plus years in, discussing reupping with the company commander and they told me either NCO school or OCS, my choice. I opted for doing other things with my weekends.
Foolish boy I was when I look back at that decision. It would have been another chunk of retirement change.
But when you are young, 55 or 65 seems to be a long, long ways down the road.
Foolish boy I was when I look back at that decision. It would have been another chunk of retirement change.
But when you are young, 55 or 65 seems to be a long, long ways down the road.
I was a real Rank Grabber, I was a Field Radio Operator and Chaser(Prisoner Escort) I was in charge of the Platoons Vehicles because the Sergeant in charge was discharged and was not replaced so the Job was dropped in My Lap. and in two years I got all the way up to E-3, Lance Corporal.
DWFAN
US Veteran
E-2, E-3, E-2, E-3, E-4, E-3, E-4, E-5, E-3. E-2. 
Hey, I was busy. Punching the Major in the face was worth it.
DW
Hey, I was busy. Punching the Major in the face was worth it.
DW
Shooting Padre
US Veteran
Air Force E-4, when it was a buck sergeant. '68-'70.
hoosierone
Member
E-2, E-3, E-2, E-3, E-4, E-3, E-4, E-5, E-3. E-2.
Hey, I was busy. Punching the Major in the face was worth it.
DW
Wow, I would think striking an officer would be good for some hard time.
corporal E4
E-3 I had zippers on my stripes
Time and place was everything!!
I missed A1C by one month and had to wait another 18 months before getting promoted.
However, as an A2C I met a SSGT and we became friends with him and his wife. Years went by and I made TSGT (E6)....he was still SSGT - he was stuck in a field that you couldn't steal rank it!!! We both did retire as MSGT (E7) in the end!!
MrTrolleyguy
US Veteran
E-5 1967 US Army
NATO Signals Battalion. CENTAG Central Army Group Company B (Ruppertshweiler Germany)
My avatar is the pocket fob we were issued.
A nice souvenir.
Sweat duty. Drove Mercedes military trucks, English Land Rovers and French vans. Class A passes the first day in company. We had two companies of Americans, one German Army company, and when I got there we still had a platoon of French troops. France was pulling out of NATO.
The best duty was on mtn. top radio sites. They got extra pay and gas rations. Six to eight men to a site IIFC. I spent most of my time underground in a WWII bunker. You can see a Land Rover in this photo.
I had lucked out and I knew it.
NATO Signals Battalion. CENTAG Central Army Group Company B (Ruppertshweiler Germany)
My avatar is the pocket fob we were issued.
A nice souvenir.
Sweat duty. Drove Mercedes military trucks, English Land Rovers and French vans. Class A passes the first day in company. We had two companies of Americans, one German Army company, and when I got there we still had a platoon of French troops. France was pulling out of NATO.
The best duty was on mtn. top radio sites. They got extra pay and gas rations. Six to eight men to a site IIFC. I spent most of my time underground in a WWII bunker. You can see a Land Rover in this photo.
I had lucked out and I knew it.
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