To: matymac
He claims to have been a Lance Corporal.
Is it normal for someone to serve 20 years in the USMC and never advance further than Lance Corporal?
I would think that most people who spend 20 years in the USMC would have advanced to at least E-6 in all that time.
422 posted on
08/26/2005 7:52:33 AM PDT by
wideawake
(God bless our brave troops and their Commander in Chief)
To: wideawake
He wouldn't be allowed to serve that long if he was never promoted to Staff Sgt...
Unless of course he was busted down a few times...
425 posted on
08/26/2005 8:10:19 AM PDT by
matymac
(Living in the Heart of the Beast...the People's Republic of Cambridge...)
To: wideawake
Is it normal for someone to serve 20 years in the USMC and never advance further than Lance Corporal? He didn't join the USMC until he was 34 and he's 39 now. He spent 13 years getting his undergraduate degree in theater before he joined. Here's a link:
His bio
473 posted on
08/28/2005 8:49:15 AM PDT by
Bob
To: wideawake
I would think that most people who spend 20 years in the USMC would have advanced to at least E-6 in all that time.With the "up, or out" policies follwed by all the armed forces at present, he would have had to be an E-7 or higher to "make 20". I don't think this guy was in the USMC for 20 years, more like about 3-4, and it shows...
the infowarrior
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