What rank/paygrade did you hold the longest?

As a nurse in the Air Force, I was passed over 2x and was finally selected when I was 3 over the zone...(almost unheard of in the AF NC). Promoved to Captain in May 2002, pinned Major September 2011....9 years 4 months.

In the Army, I was promoted to E-5 in 1992 or 93, and gained my commission in 1998 without ever being E-5(P)... so 5-6 years at that point.

Captain, for 8 looooong years thanks to the broken promotion system.

For me it was Sergeant/ E-5!!!!

PFC 19 Months

SPC 13 Months

SGT 46 Months " Could not make points for SSG. I was promotable almost 2 years deployed down range. Also had a very hard time updating points because S-1 flat out sucked!"

SSG 39 Months before I found out I made the SFC Promotion list in the secondary zone.. however my number has not yet came up. 0/151 promoted off this years list.


I hope I can make 1SG some day, I figure if I can pin on SFC around July 2015 hopefully by then I will just be hitting 12 years in service as a newly promoted SFC. If I can't make E-8 within 8 years I need to retire!!

E4, almost 3 years.

Sp4 I held it for ever I lost my son so they reassigned me on a compassionate and then let me rotten it was after I went reserves that I was promoted

Are we talking about cumulative time in a particular grade? Or is each time a new TIG?

For me it was PFC at 2 years, so about half of my time in the Army, haha. But I have a feeling that I will be spending longer as a SGT then I did as a PFC with the way that the Army is going.

E-6(TSgt) for 8 years and 11 months

I had issues with PT so I could never pin on the E-7 stripe that I made twice. If only I could have done better at PT...But at least I am retiring in 16 days. :)

Captain...however, that is ok because the rank of CPT is arguably the best rank in the U.S. Army. You have enough time to do hold some really interesting billets.

During my time as a CPT I served in the following assignments (in this order):

1. Chief of Plans and Operations
2. Instructor, AMEDD Center & School
3. Battery Commander (mind you, I am an MS officer comnanding a Field Artillery Battery...the Reserves are great!)
4. Battalion S-1
5. SROTC MS III Instructor / BN XO (promoted to MAJ early into this assignment).

Captain. January 1969-September 1979. Part of that time was Reserve time.