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Not to mention the slathering about of unearned rank advancements. In the USMC Infantry, only about the the top 30% reach E-4 in the first four year enlistment. In the Air Force, E-5 is the norm for most the top 30% are hitting E-6 !!

I believe it is about time.

Sense of entitlement should never outweigh sense of duty.

We need every one of those aircraft...Golf courses be damned !

[meandog]

In the USMC Infantry, only about the the top 30% reach E-4 in the first four year enlistment...

[Don Carlos]

In the Air Force, E-5 is the norm for most the top 30% are hitting E-6 !!

Gotta call BS on ya there, pal. In my 22-year career, admittedly long since over, I saw ONE guy make E-6 on his first enlistment, and he was a Six-year enlistee who came in as E-3.

Somewhere around 8 to 10 years to E-6 would be considered good progression in todays USAF. First enlistment E-6? No way!