Re: How fast is enlisted promotion now?

On Feb 28, 10:24 am, "deemsb...@xxxxxxx" <deemsb...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Feb 28, 9:31 am, "La N" <nilita2004NOS...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



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On Feb 28, 9:19 am, "La N" <nilita2004NOS...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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On Feb 28, 8:19 am, "deemsb...@xxxxxxx" <deemsb...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Feb 28, 7:25 am, Jack Linthicum <jacklinthi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

4-Feb 2 Chief Petty Officer Michael E. Koch, 29,of State
College, Pa.,
and Chief Petty Officer Nathan H. Hardy, 29, of Durham, N.H., died
Feb. 4, from wounds suffered from small arms fire during combat
operations in Iraq.

Item from a casualty report lists two "chief petty officers" at age
29. I calculate about 11 years to go from Seaman Recruit or Deuce to
at least E-7, 5-6 grades with about a year in each grade before
advancement. Is this the new Navy and do the other services promote
as
fast?

My son hit E-6 in the Marines in less than 8 years, which is
supposed to be the slowest service for promtions. The Navy guys were
E-2/E-3 after training and could've easily been E-4 within 2 years.
Besides, there's a war on....promotions abound.

and funerals. I used to know a Marine arty guy who did Vietnam in the
early sixties, he used to say "pray for war and fast promotions". I
wonder if he lived through the real thing.

Pretty sad that it seems you have to have a war in order to make a decent
living if you're a military type.

That's wrong. Military pay, adding benefits, is not too bad. No,
you can't raise a family of four on a Private's salary, but you're
sure better off than working at McDonald's.

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True enough. But, at Mickey Dee's your biggest concern for injury is
burning yourself on a french fry.

According to where the McD's is located......

No such thing as danger pay there.

Anyway, a lot more "opportunities" when there's a war, eh?

From expansion as much as anything else, but obviously if some are
killed or wounded, you are correct. Fast promotions for competent
people were around pre-war, though. Some enlistment contracts specify
promotions on completing training, etc.
My son enlisted in 98. Marine recruits are E-0 (I believe the
others are E-1). About half of his battalion graduated as E-1s, the
others as E-2s. One or two graduated as E-3s.....most received a
promotion when they completed their MOS training, so most went up
pretty quickly. After that, there are time in rank requirements, etc.
before they're eligible for more.
It may work differently in the other services, but my impression is
that they are faster than the Marines. Of course, if you're a screw-
up, don't get along with your supervisors, get into trouble, etc...all
bets are off.

These two chiefs were killed in action, suggesting SEALs to me, I
would imagine those incentive promotions cluster around the dangerous
or high-skill areas.
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