10 thoughts on “VETERANS DAY 2013

  1. Richard

    I served, way back in the 1960s, but that was not a popular time to be an Army guy. I rose to the rank of Spec 6. However because I served a total of only 20 months (enlisted reserve) I do not qualify for any benefits. I’m not even technically a veteran. Still, I salute those who are.

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  2. Jeff Meyerson

    We had a friend who served in Vietnam back in 1962 before it blew up into the war it became later and it was apparently a very different thing at that time.

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  3. Cap'n Bob

    Rick, you made Spec 6 in 20 months? That’s either incredible or ridiculous. They did away with any of the Specialist ranks over five when I was in.

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  4. Richard

    It was a weird deal, Bob. I started at my reserve unit before I went to active and was already PFC when I hit basic. I was a squad leader and lead in AIT and they promoted me again to Sp 3 (tank gunner) when my 6 months active was up. After 2 years of meetings and summer camps I was Sp 5 and in two more years (tank commander) of meetings and summer camp. I made Sp 6 (senior company clerk in an Armor Co.) about 3 months before my 6 year (but only 20 months worth of actual duty days) was up.

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  5. Cap'n Bob

    We had a guy come to Battalion as an E-3 and a few months later was an E-5. He was a paper pusher and basically gave himself the promotions. Meanwhile me and a lot of other guys were way over time-in-grade because Battalion would siphon off most of the available promotions and we’d be left with nearly nothing. I hated Battalion. When I was chivvied into representing my company in the soldier-of-the-month competition I was happy to beat all the Battalion slobs, but when they sent me to Group as a representative of Battalion I didn’t care if I won or not.

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