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

Probably meant 29 year old E-6. I'm going for typo

She's still equivalent to a LCPL(E3) in the Marines. She gets the rank but never the respect or the trust. Rank is personal development, she doesn't have the mindset or knowledge as a E6 should have.

She is also wearing a star on her function badge indicating she is a 7 level. A 7 level takes years to get indicating she was given that achievement also, cheapening the efforts of those before her. She was handed the rank and did nothing to deserve it. It took me 12 years active service to make E-6. She is no NCO!

I wasin the band flight and some the guys that were going into the Air Force band were promoted to E6 right out of basic. There was something different about it though irc. I don't think they received E6 pay and if they left the band they lost the rank. Don't quote me though that was back in 96.

It depends on if your a band member. Great deal for the band member. A bit unfair to the Occupational Spcialties that do not promote as quickly. It took me eleven and a half years to get E6 in the USMC. Rank should be earned and not given away. It should be based on the character and works of the service member. If this is an issue of pay, then offer a bonus incentive not a rank incentive.

I believe this type of question is like putting chum in the water to draw out us devil dogs that know exactly how she got promoted, I'll let your imagination run wild.

Its not who you know its .....

The only service members who get the direct promotion to E-6 are those who are good enough to make it into THE AF, Navy, Army, USMC Band. Each service only has one. All those bands are HQ'd in DC. A musician that passes that audition is truly a professional musician and is leaps and bounds more proficient than a member of a typical military band. It's been this way for decades. This is how you attract quality musicians that have choices in what they do in their professional music career. I am a Navy Submariner but my Dad was a retired AF bandsman. He wasn't in THE AF band but he always talked about what outstanding musicians they were

Earned it on her knees

Let's get your first mistake taken care of immediately. I don't care how old a person is when in the military, females are women and males are men. Meaning they have made the conscious decision to be adults. NOT girls or boys.

Second, maybe the sergeants in front of her fell during the battle of the bands competions and she was field promoted.

I don't know the whole story, but it does get the imagination going, and not in the right direction. It does seem a bit odd that at such a young age, an airman would be at such a high rank

Maybe she was in ROTC in high school, and as soon as she graduated she enlisted. Being ROTC, she enlisted as an E-3. Maybe she had her shit together and all her ducks in a row and was a fast learner. Just maybe she was given the opportunity to show off her leadership skills.

How about you atop being jealous and try to kearn from her experience. Let the green eyed monster go and if you ask her correctly and with respect, she may share with you her secrets to being all you can be in the Air Force!!