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

I've never heard of that. But I know of a General who gave step promotions who were on the fat boy program an ineligible for promotion. Read it in Stars and Strips.

As a Lcpl in the Marines, do I, with well more time in service than her, even need to reiterate the importance and responsibilities that come with rank? I know I joined to support and defend this country. For now I may just sit around, but as soon as I do pick up (when I have earned that rank), I will pursue bigger and better things with my career; not sing into a stick and hold onto a rank that is by far not deserved.

When people get promoted like that it degrades the rank structure. If you are an E6 you are supposed to be a leader. Yet she has no leadership experience, what ever happened to earning rank. Work hard and you will be rewarded. What happened to ALS and the NCO Academy.

Does she have anything to do with putting hot metal on target? I suspect no…

Maybe she had a Master's degree when she joined? Wait a minute, that would be hard to do. Perhaps she mixed her laundry with her husbands or boyfriend and they just happen to be the same size?

Grunts get out of the Marine Corps as Lance Corporals (E-3) after going to war, doing what the military is ultimately for, just because it's so hard for us to pick up. The score is too high, so when a teenager picks up E-6 because she plays an instrument I personally feel it's bullshit. We don't need a band. We need a fighting force. Stuff like this pisses off those who've gone to war and lost limbs or worse. We can go to war and die but we can't pick up corporal (E-4) she can not deploy and play an instrument and get paid much more and have more incentive. We need to realize that we need warriors not band members.

I should have joined the band. I never even thought about it. I play flute, piano and drums (I'm rusty on all three but I recently picked up a flute and played pretty well)

I think it is a blow to anyone any branch who makes rank that quick. Last,time I checked it takes years to make e-6 in any branch or MOS.

Didn't see anyone raise up the point that these people have almost no time in, and are making the same pay as people that have been in the AF for 6+ years, pulling 12s week after week. It's horseshit. I don't care how good they are at performing. It has never mattered if I was the fastest in the AMU at replacing LRUs. That has affected zero promotions. There isn't a single valid argument for this.

Unbelievable, this is disrespectful to every person who has worn the uniform and worked their butts off to achieve their rank. Disgusting.