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Pillar of the Community
United States
830 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1203 Posts |
That is the way to go Army!  Congratulations!!! |
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Valued Member
United States
394 Posts |
USArmyParatrooper,
Way to go trooper, now that you have made the big time with rank and prestige, you now get more money to spend on coins, so good hunting. Hope you get the other four grades very quickly, many congratulations on this promotion.
Berry
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Congrats
I left the army with four stripes for a lot more money with an american multinational
I still remember the little rotating calculator that told you based on the amount of rads received how many hours you could expect your platoon to stay combat able
I admire paras very much
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Valued Member
United States
223 Posts |
After being cused at, spit on and treated like a leper when I came home, it's nice to see the patriotism of forum members and the respect you all give our young men in the Armed Forces. Way to go paratrooper.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1247 Posts |
This will probably make you sick but they made us become E-5s when I was in the Navy. This was in 1979 and I still had a year left. They cut the re-enlistment bonus' in half for my rate--Operations Specialist. We're the squirrels you see in the dark room (Combat Information Center)in the movies. So they had a shortage of E5's in my rate since they would normally be people who had re-enlisted but didn't. They barely had people re-enlisting before they cut the bonus.  There was a written test of 200 multiple choice questions and I had just gotten off a 12 hour watch. Had barely fallen asleep when they woke me up and told me to report to the mess deck to take the E5 exam. I wasn't really in the mood for this little surprise so I just went down the line on the test: A B C D A B C D... Amazing. I scored an 88 on the test, imagine that! Even more amazing, everyone else scored an 88 on the test, what a coincidence! So I was an E5 with hardly 3 years in. But so was everyone else, so I was still hunting down "ghost-turds" (I think you army guys call them "dust-bunnies") when the ship was port.  Congratulations on your promotion! Sorry you had to jump through so many hoops to get it. Different times I suppose, or different branches or both, I don't know. But congratulations.  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Airborne!
There seem to be a lot of us current and/or ex-NCO's in numismatics.
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Valued Member
United States
136 Posts |
Congratulations Trooper!
As a retired servicemember to an active member - well done. My son will be coming home this Thursday (Thanksgiving Day). He is just finishing his security forces training and this will be his first time home since enlisting.
Proud of you guys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4589 Posts |
hey I don't know how I missed it , Great Job and a Big Welcome to the club!!!!
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Rest in Peace
Australia
661 Posts |
Hi and CONGRATULATIONS, I missed it too, from an Aussie ex serviceman. (RAAF Armourer)
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Member
United States
3242 Posts |
It sound great that you scored well! the next step is to go ncos and that fun unless they send you to ft polk, I went ft campbell for mine but it was many years ago I hope you enjoy your job in US Army just remember cover your butt because you are an nco now and there a lot more they want from you  |
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Valued Member
United States
414 Posts |
Way to go! Congra! Sometime, you should share the pictures of your medals.
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Pillar of the Community
Czech Republic
803 Posts |
Congratulations! I wish National Guard promotion structure was the same as Active Duty, but we had to wait for an E5 to retire or move-up, before we can be promoted. Slot availability, they called it.
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
As a retired E-7 I know the feeling of being promoted. Congrats, and thanks for your service to this Great Country.
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Valued Member
United States
346 Posts |
congrats!!!! great feeling huh?
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