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'9 Out Of 10 Of You WON'T Make The Cut'

Panther_99FS said:
And I was one of those nine....:icon_lol: :d

http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123192386
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I have had the good fortune to have actually met Ed in person. I don't why he didn't make Senior Master in the USAF this time around. I can say one thing. It wasn't because he isn't enough of a class act. You won't find a finer individual.

The only thing I can see, is his obvious lack of ability to recognize what a beautiful woman looks like. ;)

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Ken Stallings said:
You may not like my reply, but it's the honest truth.

Because of the far larger turnover in the Army, making rank is vastly easier for both enlisted and officers than it is in the Air Force. It has always been that way.

Both the officer corps and NCO corps are limited in total numbers by act of Congress. So, it takes an average of eight years to make Major in the USAF, but only six in the US Army. It takes about 15 years for an airman to make Master Sergeant in the USAF, but in the US Army, you generally make E-7 in about 10 years, sometimes less.

Cheers,

Ken
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I don't know why I wouldn't like it, it is the truth. My brother's graduating class at West Point benefitted from a nearly 100% promotion rate to major.....if they stayed in. Many elected to pull chocks regardless of the good promotions to be had. You can't make majors out of thin air, you gotta grow them by promoting the hell outta people in expansion years. Much of my time in the USAF was in decline years, but I did alright anyway.
 
Navy Chief said:
Willy,

I had similar experiences, except it took me twice to pick up CPO. Still, spending half my career as a Chief wasn't too bad, especially as an AME. I do know things go in cycles though. When I made it, they selected 28. I recall years when the available slots was less than 10.

Pete

Good luck, Panther. You'll make it next time.....not to fret.
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Pete, I went up for Chief that time basically with it being for drill in mind as I'd never heard of an EN making it in less than 3 tries. And I just barely had 10 years in when I took the test. I didn't even bother to send a package to the selection board as I figured that would be a waste of time and postage. When I was first told that I had been selected, I figured they were pulling my leg. I really didn't believe it until I actually saw the message the next day. To this day, I'm the only EN I ever heard of making it first time up. Like you said, spending the last half of my career as a Chief was pretty darn good.
 
I had the pleasure of working with some USN CPOs & SCPO's during a TDY to USSTRATCOM....I must say that I enjoyed the experience....:guinness:
 
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