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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I'm going to go slap some Ferrari stickers on my Subaru, how much do you think I'll get for it?
Her, and anyone else who gets NCO stripes upon graduating Basic are frauds - it really is that simple.
Her, and anyone else who gets NCO stripes upon graduating Basic are frauds - it really is that simple.
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PO1 John Miller
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You are barely entitled to your opinion. You're an E1 so I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you've been in the Air Force for only a few months, possibly still in Tech School.
However you are 100% wrong. It is not fraud no matter if you think it is or not. It is an Air Force program.
http://www.usafband.af.mil/questions/topic.asp?id=954
Come on now, I'm just a retired Navy guy and took the few seconds to Google the applicable program and found out it is legitimate.
You are barely entitled to your opinion. You're an E1 so I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you've been in the Air Force for only a few months, possibly still in Tech School.
However you are 100% wrong. It is not fraud no matter if you think it is or not. It is an Air Force program.
http://www.usafband.af.mil/questions/topic.asp?id=954
Come on now, I'm just a retired Navy guy and took the few seconds to Google the applicable program and found out it is legitimate.
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Again, just because the Air Force puts their fraudulent policy in writing doesn't mean it's not fraud anymore.
Thank you for your "barely" condescending opening remarks.
Thank you for your "barely" condescending opening remarks.
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PO1 John Miller
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Of course I'm condescending, as you continuously refuse to accept the truth. Just because you say it is fraud does not make it so. Are you an expert in military law? I suspect not since you're an E1.
Of course I'm condescending, as you continuously refuse to accept the truth. Just because you say it is fraud does not make it so. Are you an expert in military law? I suspect not since you're an E1.
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Your cheap remarks towards my person do nothing to advance your arguement in the slightest. Please advance your arguement with something constructive in your next comment please. Thank you.
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Does anyone know why the AF does not have distinctive stripes, as the other services do to show that she is a musician? It would solve a lot of the "hard" feelings I see in the posts here. One could look and see that she is not a "real" TSGT.
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Clearly the air force has no standards. But hey I'm reclassing to the Band. I'll make it to CSM by christmas.
The average Air Force wide active duty time for promotion to the rank of Technical Sergeant is 12 years.
Moving up the Air Force Ranks: The promotion process for Tech Sergeant is identical to the process for promotion to Staff Sergeant, except for the minimum requirements of 5 years Time-in-Serve (TIS) and 23 months Time-in-Grade (TIG), in addition to achieving a 7-skill level.
The average Air Force wide active duty time for promotion to the rank of Technical Sergeant is 12 years.
Moving up the Air Force Ranks: The promotion process for Tech Sergeant is identical to the process for promotion to Staff Sergeant, except for the minimum requirements of 5 years Time-in-Serve (TIS) and 23 months Time-in-Grade (TIG), in addition to achieving a 7-skill level.
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I can sing, how the hell did I end up in the infantry?
Oh that's right I joined before the interwebz so I only thought the Army had 3 things, Cooks, Infantrymen, and guys driving tanks.
Oh that's right I joined before the interwebz so I only thought the Army had 3 things, Cooks, Infantrymen, and guys driving tanks.
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Who cares? The rank she has is nothing more than E-6 pay. You knew what you got yourself into when you chose your job.* If you're upset with this, how about improving yourself instead of expecting ranks to be handed to you too?
*not saying that everything your recruiter told you was truthful, but you knew full well that military service wasn't cinnamon buns and rainbow colored unicorn farts.
*not saying that everything your recruiter told you was truthful, but you knew full well that military service wasn't cinnamon buns and rainbow colored unicorn farts.
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It's not just an Airforce issue, for the life of me I couldn't figure out how people with more years of service were being passed up for promotion. I sat back and watched soldiers go from junior enlisted to NCO in their first enlistment, while good and hard charging soldiers with ten years of service get stuck not making any upward momentum. I have also seen NCO's use good soldiers to further their own ambitions keeping those soldiers in a place that benefits them, sometimes it even boiled down to a dislike for their junior enlisted.
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Well said. Having served in both the Army and now the Air Force, I could not agree more.
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SrA Ben Pommer, I do not know anything about the USAF Band's, but I can tell you from personal experience when I was at my first duty station, Fort Myer, VA., the Fife & Drum Corps put up flyers all over post announcing tryouts for bugle players (Cornet/Trumpet). The flyer guaranteed if accepted into the Corps you could expect to be a SSG (E-6) within approximately 6 mos. if memory serves. I was a young Specialist (E-4) at the time and if I could I would have jumped at the opportunity.
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SFC Brian Archer,
Although I had made All County and Southern Honors Band two years in High School. I had not played a lick in two years or more and I had never excelled at the sight reading portion. Plus, you had to play all the major scales if memory serves. Also, the comments I got from my peers at the time as well. Nobody encouraged me. Sounds more like I was chicken, doesn't it? Probably was a little of that as well.
Although I had made All County and Southern Honors Band two years in High School. I had not played a lick in two years or more and I had never excelled at the sight reading portion. Plus, you had to play all the major scales if memory serves. Also, the comments I got from my peers at the time as well. Nobody encouraged me. Sounds more like I was chicken, doesn't it? Probably was a little of that as well.
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