How does an E6 have 6 service stripes?

If he was on National Guard or Reserve ...Rank does not come like Active duty.I was a E5 for 10years. There are not always slots open to promote up into unless you move to another unit somewhere else in state. Sometimes you don't want to leave your unit...NG is tight...bonding is strong.

It's simple. He was a SFC or a MSG and he smacked a dumba$$ PFC for asking why he got all those medals on his chest... now he's a SSG with 6 service stripes!

Did anyone consider that he could have spent time in another branch of service like I did and lost one rank when I came in the Army and it took me three years to make SSG back. It's a lot of us that falls in this category. I was an E5 with nine years in go figure.

I had an E-5 in my unit who spent 12years with the 82nd and 1year as a guardsmen. He ETSed a few months back as an E-5. So it is more than possible.

All service counts. Service as an MDay (weekend a month) or even IRR time rate service stripes. The Reserve component also have different (& liberal) up or out rules. I have witnessed 20 year TIS E4s retire w/benefits. Even in the active Army (different rules at the time) a promotable E5 retire at 20 yrs

i have no idea, but i retired as an SGT/E-5 with 24 years 5 months and i have 8 service stripes, ok the reason 8 service stripes and retired as a SGT/E-5 was because i was in the Army National Guard and some national guard units have the Good 'Ole Boy Club and promote those who really don't deserve to be promoted, every time i was up for promotion i was over looked or the paper work got lost (go figure). I even wanted to go to the Drill Sergeant Academy but some how the paper work got lost, so i was stuck like chuck, so don't question the integrity of an NCO.

In the navy you can do 20 years before you hit. Maybe he just doesn't promote well.

Prior service?????

Guy has been in the army longer than you have been walking. How about a nice cup of STFU?

I guess you'll be an E7 by your 14 year mark, huh?