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I'm just confused here. How does a SSG have 6 service stripes, that would mean he has been in for 18 plus years since each stripe represents 3 years of service. Any ideas?
Thank you,
PFC O'Hara
Thank you,
PFC O'Hara
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A SSG's RCP date is set at 20 Active years or 40 Reserve years. That dude can have a lot of service stripes. Sadly, I have 5 now.
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SSG Warren, Don't say sadly brother there have been some legendary Soldiers in every rank, especially Staff Sergeants, it's easy to forget. Be proud of what you have earned.
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1SG(P) Richard Warren
SFC (Join to see) - no no, not sad because I'm not higher ranking; sad because my time in service is coming to an end soon.
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SGT David Weaver
Or there may not be an E7 slot for his MOS, or it may be a slot that doesn't have turnover.
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I saw a PFC on the plane to Nam had about as many. He also had faded stripes under his E-3s. Could be a case of the Article 15 Blues!
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Because he has been in that long. I had 9 years of broken time. 13.5 years active duty USMC. Guard since 2007.
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Simple. It's easy not to advance in promotion when you are deploying as often as it seems he has. I can give you many possible possibilities that can keep a Soldier from fast promotion. As the only person in a brigade size element with my MOS, I can say that I was lucky to get promoted as fast as I did because my leadership made me take care of my career as well as my responsibilities within my MOS. Often we see the Soldiers that are needed for the unit to function, passed over for schools because the unit just "couldn't function without them." I can't say that this is the case because I don't know this Soldier, but if you knew enough to know what BOTH those sets of stripes mean, you shouldn't ask the question and publicly question his career. Just ask him RESPECTFULLY and he may just tell you why this is the case.
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A few years ago, I attended a good friends retirement ceremony at Ft Carson. Along with several E6 and E7 retirees, was a 20 year E5......
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Back in the Brown a Shoe Army, lots of folks retired as an E4, 5 or 6. That was back when PFC E3 was a DA allocation. Combat Arms came first, then the rest.
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A lot of factors to consider.. Reserve time, he may have been demoted, by the can do 20 years as a E6
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