How does an E6 have 6 service stripes?

I don't want to get too far off the subject but what makes me angry in 1968 I was in Vietnam if I had been captured by the enemy then I would have been a prisoner of war, you have to be in a war in order to be a prisoner of war at least that's my understanding. So how can a president say he don't like prisoners-of-war he rather have somebody who's not a prisoner of war when this as bucket got a doctor to say he had bone spurs to keep his ass out of Nam when I was there. This man that put the military down ever since he's been in there I just can't stand a individual who feel is no he no more than those of us who have served.

Some MOS don't promote and until you walk in his boots you won't know his story. Looks squared away. Just my 2 cents.

I'm an E6 with 7 service stripes, and I have served proudly for 23 years. When I get to 24 years next July, I'll have 8 service stripes, 1 for each 3 years of service. Your math is correct. I am not sure why you're confused. Please explain.

I’m a retired SSG that was 11 months shy of 11 service stripes. It’s tough to go to NCOES if you’re deployed or cannot get a medical board to get cleared for duty.

I do resent not being able to add a rocker or two before I packed my duffle for the last time. let’s face it my retirement check is a little short for a vet with 32 years. However I don’t regret the opportunities I had to develop both soldiers and officers in my MOS.

I wasn’t eligible for promotion, so I celebrated their successes as my own.

Army red tape kept my career in limbo but it couldn’t keep me from having a career that I was not proud of.

I may have only been paid as a E6 but my last two times down range I was given O5 responsibly.

That was probably the reason it took so long to for the Army to say why are you still here.

If an juniorNCO has many years, chances are they are pretty good at the job. If they were “POS” their are area to make certain soldier cannot re-enlist

easy. switched branches and Army took years to transfer his prior service. I know an E6 with 30 years time in service

PVT. why don’t you ask the SSG. Do you have a problem with the SSG?

Context is important. But, since he has three unit service awards and the other four do not, it raises questions. If they are in the same unit, they should all wear the same awards. If they are not, it means that he was in a unit that was awarded them and can wear them even after leaving. Since the man in the middle is of a significantly higher rank and the only one not holding a diploma or other document, it makes me think that he is there to support his Soldiers when they had completed a course.
Now, let's correct the two on the right with their headgear on incorrectly.

The military is ever changing and evolving and unfortunately it can toss a roadblock in your path. Years ago, when the army communications network switched from analog to digital, the mos structure and unit personal rank structure changed and the E7 positions were increased. The army started mass promoting for these positions. Then Clinton was elected as president and he slashed the military deep and moved many to the reserves and ang. This left the army with to many e7 in its ranks. We went almost 10 years before the promotions returned.

Lots of possibilities, PFC. I re-enlisted in the Army Reserve at age 47 as an E-5 after a 10 year break so I was an E5 with 4 or 5 hash marks. Retired at age 60 with even more.

It was a typo a stripe for every 3 years