[Afterguard]

A 27 year old E3. Guy must be a real hard charger. Headed to last and E2 I think.

[Afterguard]

mast, as in Captian’s Mast.

Autocorrect is my worst enema.

[laplata]

A 27 year old E3

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Yep...not good.

[sparklite2]

At the main chow hall, NOB Norfolk, I saw a guy with a gold E-3 patch, no striker badge, and three gold enlistment bars on his sleeve. How on earth could anyone go over twelve years in service with the no-discrepancy record that gold implies and never get past E-3? That’s some crazy stuff.

[Preachin']

I went through Air Force basic training with a guy that turned twenty-nine. He didn’t have prior military service.

[Drew68]

Lots of older recruits these days. I was 34 when I enlisted in the Navy. Best decision I ever made. It isn’t that he’s 27 and an E3 that’s an issue. This is a lot more common than it used to be. It’s how long he’s been an E3 that I’d ask.

Anyhow, he’s finished. There’s no room for this kind of nonsense. One of the quickest ways to torpedo a Navy career is to be a racist. Falsely claiming this kind of crap destroys camaraderie and he’ll be dealt with seriously.