re: #225 rwdflynavy

Like Decature Deb said, he probably made E3 and higher a couple times. These days, you have to make E6 to stay 10, at least in the Navy. Up or out is the motto.

Time for class. Be good Lizards!

Up-or-Out (introduced after Viet Nam) has a lot of downside. A friend in Italy was an E7 motor SGT who was forced out because the board found “No promotion potential”. He told me he just wanted to run the best motor pool in the Army, and he might have.