Bluehawk Posted August 22, 2012 Share #1 Posted August 22, 2012 Maybe you saw this already, it's funny anyhow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 23, 2012 Share #2 Posted August 23, 2012 Very witty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted August 23, 2012 Share #3 Posted August 23, 2012 Now that's a hoot! The point is well taken about fast promotions which I guess are a sign of the times. Back in the mid 60's most guys finished four years as an E-3 and a few hard chargers made E-4 before the first hitch was up. I knew many guys who retired as Staff Sergeants (E-5) and it wasn't just the screw-ups that only got that far. Before the then new promotion system of the late 60's, stripes just went to someone who was at the right place at the right time. E-4's with 4, 8, 12 or more years service were not uncommon and until October 1967, you didn't become an NCO till you hit the E-5 pay grade. (I know, it's back to E-5 now and not E-4 like it was for several years.) Yep, the times, there a changin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share #4 Posted August 23, 2012 in '64 I will never ever forget meeting an old, and I mean OLD, SSgt of supply at Chanute - a chain smoking paunchy little guy wearing a set of early Class A's that had been ironed so often they literally shined. He was happy and in his final 10 days short time to retirement. Twenty years, and E4. His pay could not have been much... my E1 was only $52/month. I have that clear image of him in my mind, regularly, for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted August 23, 2012 Share #5 Posted August 23, 2012 A very true chart! Hopefully, the USAF will realign it's rank structure to return a bit of prestige to the NCO corps. -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share #6 Posted August 24, 2012 Could not resist: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted August 24, 2012 Share #7 Posted August 24, 2012 in '64 I will never ever forget meeting an old, and I mean OLD, SSgt of supply at Chanute - a chain smoking paunchy little guy wearing a set of early Class A's that had been ironed so often they literally shined. He was happy and in his final 10 days short time to retirement. Twenty years, and E4. His pay could not have been much... my E1 was only $52/month. I have that clear image of him in my mind, regularly, for some reason. Not to nit-pick, but as a Staff Sergeant, he would have been an E-5 not E-4. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted August 24, 2012 Not to nit-pick, but as a Staff Sergeant, he would have been an E-5 not E-4. :thumbsup: Quite so... alas, dementia has set in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamebrain Posted September 24, 2012 Share #9 Posted September 24, 2012 3 years of AFJROTC in high school made me an E-2 retroactive to my DOE. Made SRA (E_4) in 18 months. Was one of the first to go thru the SRA program. As soon as I made SRA I was "promoted" to weapons loading crew chief. ( a lot of responsibility for an 19 year old.) Made "buck" SGT one year later. I understand that now NCO's are back as crew chiefs. I was proud to be a young but experienced junior NCO in the USAF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.ChrisKelly Posted March 30, 2023 Share #10 Posted March 30, 2023 More suggestions & observations from formerly-known-as-the-world-wide-web : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.ChrisKelly Posted April 21, 2023 Share #11 Posted April 21, 2023 Just a primer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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