After slugging it out for 5 years at my current rank waiting to get in zone, I finally hit the promotion zone this year.
After being judged by a mystical panel of Senior Marines I was found qualified for promotion to E-6.
Despite the draw down, despite the long wait, despite it all, I did it. I beat my peers and got promoted.
I'm floating on a cloud right now!
Congratulations! Times like these come rarely enough in life that they ought to be savored.
Hey! Congratulations, LL!! Good man!
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Way to go!
What is your number? I remember when I made Staff meritoriously, my buddy had a number that put him 11 months junior to me although we came in together. My promotion date was on the 2nd of the month as they promoted the line numbers on the 1st so they'd be "senior"
And congratulations, now you need to get to the Resident Staff NCO Academy once you finish those Non-Res Courses.
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Excellent there Love Life ! .... I am sure it is well deserved !
LL, you are an articulate person and can express your thoughts with aplomb. You should go far in your chosen profession. There should be no need for you to FEEL you are competing with your comrades at ANY time. ... felix
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OORAH! Congrats
Good for you Love Life, Congrats in a BIG way!
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To answer Bruce Drake- My number is in the 500's with 400 being promoted in October. So, I will be a November SSgt. Kind of funny since my date of Rank for both Cpl and Sgt were November 1, 20XX.
Kind of a bummer as well. The Marine Corps Birthday and Birthday Ball are that month!! I have to get white trousers, a new belt buckle, tie clasp, chevrons sewn on, etc. Oh, and I'll need to get a clip board now because all productive SNCO's carry clip boards.
Clip Boards...Don't forget the Black Leather Belt, Leather Frog and new Sword as well!
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Congrat's SSG! Well deserved no doubt! Semper Fi !
Congrats Sarg. esprit de corps
Groan...Originally Posted by bruce drake
OORAH! Way to go devil dog, chesty is proud of you!
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Very big congrats there LL. Thank you for your service as well. JW
Congratulations! That's a big one!
Back when I was in the Navy, there was a high enough turnover in my field that you would see guys making E-7 before they had 8 years in. They were not especially liked by the guys in other fields who had 20 years in and were still either an E-5 or E-6. For some of those other fields, you basically had to wait for someone to die or retire before you could get promoted. They just didn't have the turnover from military to civilian life that my field did at that time.
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Way to go! Sincere congrats.
Good night Chesty Puller, wherever you are.
Well done! Senior NCOs are the real backbone of the military. Thank you
for your service, sir.
Bill
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