Hmmmmm, is correct. 1SG at age 26, wonder how he managed to swing that. I want a do-over.
It is a brit paper - perhaps they refer to e-7 as 1SGT?
E-7 at 26 I can believe. E-8? That would be ... unusual. And E-8 in a command position? Ummmm.
Well, it has happened on the battlefield - when the rest of the command was wiped out.
Not to detract from the soldier involved - a wounded warior. But something is not kosher.