Is it possible to get promoted this quickly in the Air Force? Is this typical for band members?

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thats a joke. Only in the airforce!

Maybe it is time to go back to something like this

Well said. Having served in both the Army and now the Air Force, I could not agree more.

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.

Air Farce, nuff said.

Join the band it will take u there