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re: I just found out I made E-8
Posted on 3/2/16 at 1:32 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 3/2/16 at 1:32 pm to Ace Midnight
Error on the center fielder is nothing to brag about
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Posted on 3/2/16 at 1:38 pm to Rouge
Mine was based on college. I understand your being underwhelmed.
Many years ago (just arrived that moment to my basic training company):
Junior Drill Sergeant of my company (and all of 5 feet, 4 inches tall): "WHY ARE YOU AN E-3!?!?!!"
PFC Ace Midnight: "I have college, sergeant!"
JDS: "WELL, WHOOPITY shite!"
Many years ago (just arrived that moment to my basic training company):
Junior Drill Sergeant of my company (and all of 5 feet, 4 inches tall): "WHY ARE YOU AN E-3!?!?!!"
PFC Ace Midnight: "I have college, sergeant!"
JDS: "WELL, WHOOPITY shite!"
This post was edited on 3/2/16 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 3/2/16 at 1:38 pm to Ace Midnight
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For example, I enlisted as an E-3
Did you still have to go through training? And, was it just pay or could you boss people around of a less rank immediately?
Posted on 3/2/16 at 1:39 pm to Ace Midnight
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For example, I enlisted as an E-3.
Damn, I missed out on that sweet E-3 with less than two money.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 1:40 pm to yoga girl
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Did you still have to go through training?
Absolutely.
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And, was it just pay or could you boss people around of a less rank immediately?
The difference between E-1, E-2 and E-3 is primarily pay, although "senior ranking person" always applies if there is a lack of NCO. The bigger jumps are to E-4 and, especially to E-5.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 1:41 pm to northshorebamaman
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Damn, I missed out on that sweet E-3 with less than two money.
Yep. That was pretty sweet. I think I made about $15 more per day during OSUT.
I was never "promoted" as an enlisted man, though. I was administratively promoted to cadet/E-5 when I signed my ROTC contract, but I don't really count that as a promotion. It was all downhill from there.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 1:43 pm to yoga girl
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Did you still have to go through training? And, was it just pay or could you boss people around of a less rank immediately?
The rate/specialty I signed up for meant I was automatically ranked E3 once I came out of boot camp. My enlistment contract stated that if I graduated my "A" school, I would advance to E-4. I became an E-4 within the first 6 months of my enlistment.
Technically, you can "boss" around guys ranked lower than you but no one really does as the ranks E-1 to E-4 are all generally considered "junior" in the Navy
Posted on 3/2/16 at 1:51 pm to yoga girl
quote:Should have gone to ROTC @ Baylor and come out a 2nd LT. Then you could boss around all the enlisted.
And, was it just pay or could you boss people around of a less rank immediately?
Posted on 3/2/16 at 1:51 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Technically, you can "boss" around guys ranked lower than you but no one really does as the ranks E-1 to E-4 are all generally considered "junior" in the Navy
E-4s in the Army can get away with a certain amount of bossing around the privates but an E-3 would just get laughed at. I hear the Marines take those lower ranks seriously though.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 1:54 pm to Ace Midnight
Similar, due to college I went in as and E-3 and was CAP'd (Command Advancement Program) to E-4 by the Captain of my 1st ship so it took about a year to make E-4.
This post was edited on 3/2/16 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 3/2/16 at 2:03 pm to northshorebamaman
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E-4s in the Army can get away with a certain amount of bossing around the privates but an E-3 would just get laughed at.
All that is true - and in the Army we even have the specialist and corporal divide. Corporal is like a "junior" sergeant/E-5, whereas specialist is like a "super" private first class. Same pay grade, gulf of difference in perception - particularly in that the leadership had to go out of their way to recognize an E-4 with the lateral promotion.
This post was edited on 3/2/16 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 3/2/16 at 2:06 pm to LSUcjb318
Congrats! I'll find out soon if I'm SELBRD ELG for E-7. 
Posted on 3/2/16 at 2:07 pm to Ace Midnight
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and in the Army we even have the specialist and corporal divide.
Yeah, I wasn't even going to attempt to explain spec/corporal.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 2:08 pm to AFtigerFan
Almost certainly AF. E-8 comes out tomorrow for the masses.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 2:09 pm to Count Chocula
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Should have gone to ROTC @ Baylor and come out a 2nd LT. Then you could boss around all the enlisted.
I would make a great Secretary of Defense but I would not want to be in the military. I have a lot of respect for the military and the people in the military.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 2:10 pm to cubsfan5150
I'm supremely glad I never have to worry about promotion boards or any of that crap ever again.
34 months and done.
34 months and done.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 2:11 pm to yoga girl
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I would make a great Secretary of Defense but I would not want to be in the military. I have a lot of respect for the military and the people in the military.
Can't wait to get your hands on the Bush weather machine, huh?
Posted on 3/2/16 at 2:11 pm to yoga girl
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I would make a great Secretary of Defense
No, you would not. Shoot higher - Secretary of State. You couldn't possibly be worse than the last 2.
Posted on 3/2/16 at 2:21 pm to upgrayedd
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Can't wait to get your hands on the Bush weather machine, huh?
I would
I would hit the Roswell documents and release the truth. I would stop the geoengineering and I would get to the bottom of a lot of this heinous government stuff. Chemtrails would be stopped. I would be generous with those who work in the military.Posted on 3/2/16 at 2:29 pm to yoga girl
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Chemtrails would be stopped.
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