Posted on Sep 19, 2015
Is it possible to get promoted this quickly in the Air Force? Is this typical for band members?
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So, this girl is 19, 4 months TIS and made Tech. Sgt (E-6) already. Typo? Misprint? Or horrible lapse in judgement?
Has anyone else heard about this?
http://www.usafband.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123449378
Has anyone else heard about this?
http://www.usafband.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123449378
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Well I don't wanna sound mean but she must be good real good at kissing butt and doing something else other wise the chair force is more of a joke than I thought
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It is possible with ROTC and college credits earned in high school. My biggest issue with it is the pay she gets for that when battle troops are barely able to feed their families because they can't get promoted past E3 or Spec4 and there needs to be a limit on how long they can be in an unimportant MOS. Plenty of people in the military can play band instruments. It definitely shouldn't be a career.
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It is not that easy to make rank in the Air Force but for band member that represent the services i.e Air Force band, navy band and army band located in Washington, D.C. They are awarded E6 upon the completion of basic training these people will send the rest of their career in dc and will not move to any other assignment. Air Force also has regional bands and those band members will go through all 9 ranks just as any other service member
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No! When I was in it was nearly impossible to get a below the zone promotion. The pay raise must have been huge for a 19 year old. Not fair.
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Wow! Massive, idiotic, horrifically bad decision! There is absolutely no excuse for her possessing that tank.
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Lt Col (Join to see)
I am a previous E on the Army side...not sure why this is being so heavily scrutinized...I saw this same thing happen among the other branches as well.
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This is not a typo. The Air Force has 5 Air National Guard bands and 10 active duty bands. Out of those 10 active duty bands, 8 of them are "regional bands" and have typical promotion cycles. But...the other 2 are "premiere bands" (the Washington DC band, and the AF academy band). Some of their members are recruited from the regional bands but some very highly talented individuals audition straight into a premiere band and yes, the premiere bands start you at E-6. Don't feel bad. The USMC "president's own" (their counterpart premiere band) aren't even real Marines because they are EXEMPT FROM BOOT CAMP so basically headhunted civilians from professional orchestras wearing Marine uniforms. Neither one of these situations are as unethical as "Tops in Blue", because they are touring the world as "musicians" when they were actually recruited, trained, and paid to do other jobs in the Air Force.
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MSgt Jeffrey Eastep
Just FYI, the AF Academy Band lost its "premiere" status some time ago as part of the last round of band downsizing.
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TSgt (Join to see)
Yeah sorry. I just found that out recently. Are you a band airman? You might be if you knew that. Anyway what I am trying to point out on here is that Sgt. Quintello basically auditioned already at a 7 level. So...
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