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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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Sometimes you just hit a roadblock for promotions, it just happens sometimes despite character, by the way that is one of the best NCOs I have ever met
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The Retention Control point for an E6 is 20 years, so seeing an E6 approaching 20 years should not be a surprise. You can argue he is a low performer or has lost rank. That is really not a given though. He could be in an MOS which is extremely competitive for E-7 ( I am looking at you Supply). He also could lost time when a lot of people stayed in, say when the economy crashed in 2008 leading to to his path taking longer. Now Specialist O'Hara you seem to be the type with ambition and that is good but do not ever look down one someone because his path took longer than you would have liked.
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SSG Steven Hill
System is not setup for everybody to be E7 and above...The SSG should not be judged for retiring at SSG. I also retired as a E6 I believe for the AR15 in my performance fiche....Some MOS do not require as many 7s or 8s could be the SSG May not have college or and outstanding records at the end of the day once you are RETIRED nobody cares about what rank you retired as...it's about trying to find you a job to maintain your family and way of life...just my 2 cents....
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There are several different reason to why a SSG would have 6 service strips. They could have been in the Reserves or National Guard and then decided to go active. I say this because I had a friend who was in the Reserves for 15 years and after 9/11 decided to go active. While it wasn't easy and with a few waivers and a loss of rank (not due to any disciplinary actions) he was activated as a SSG and served another 10 years, 5 of which were as a SSG. So, its easy to have 6 strips as a SSG. Or, he could have been in one of those MOS's that the cut off score was historically almost maxed out. I was a 71L and had I'd known before I chose that MOS that it would be hard to advance, I would have went with one of my other choices.
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i retired as an E6 there just was no E7 slot for me to get that was open
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That's not uncommon PFC O'Hara, I for one have 18 yrs and I'm an E6. Plus I had a 10 year break in service, there are various reasons.
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He could be in the Reserves or National Guard. Promotions there move based upon vacancy within unit.
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