Posted on Sep 24, 2019
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I've held the rank of SGT for over six years. My father told me when he was in the USAF it was not unheard of for officers to hold the rank of Captain for up to 8 years. I met a CSM who told me he was a SSG for 8 years. What say you? Any record holders out there?
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SFC Casey O'Mally
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SFC for 10 and change (active). Had I rode out to RCP it would have been 13 1/2 as there was no chance of promotion.
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SSG(P) Dock Manager
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I was a Specialist from maybe 2008 to 2014 so going on six years. Building my packet was rough since any documentation I needed took so long to get, some forms became too old and couldn't be used. Then from 2014 to 2019 I was a Sergeant so close with five and that's due to ALC always being filled for 12N. Few courses and what.....20,000 soldiers who can sign up as soon as seats are available. And courses are only done during winter months. Neat.
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SGT Carl Blas
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PFC 22 months, not enough rank to be in charge of a cleaning detail, and to much rank to have KP.
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SP5 Peter Keane
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Damn, I was put on KP as and E5 at Ft Lewis while in a casual status. (only had Class A uniform, so I was DRO)
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SGT Carl Blas
SGT Carl Blas
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SP5 Peter Keane - Lol, KP as E-5, I never saw that before, and DRO, when doing KP, I always wondered how to get DRO, I always got "Pots & Pans", but, pealing sacks of potatoes with a knife wasn't to bad, at least you got to sit down on a big pot. Lol
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SFC Michael Krogmann
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SSG for 10 years
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MSG Danny Mathers
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MSG, 8 years.
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MSG Chuck Odom
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I held SFC for exactly 10 years (to the day).
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1SG David Spalding
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E6 then E5, but held them both twice (6 & 4 years cumulative)
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SP6 Peter Kreutzfeldt
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Sp5, than they needed an Sp6 at Hunter Army Air Field to deal with the Viet Nam chopper pilots and that was me for a few months
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COL Kathleen Roehr
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Captain, about 7 years after Vietnam ended and then Colonel over 7.
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SFC David Hackett
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I pinned on E5 in the Air Force in August of 1989. ETS'd in downsizing in Dec of 1992 only to go into Army Reserve at same paygrade until an E6 slot opened up in March 2003 so E5 for basically 14 years.
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