Moving up the Army ranks:Unlike the promotion processes for privates, specialists and corporals, promotions to sergeant (SGT) and staff sergeant (SSG) is based on an Army-wide competition. The competition is based on a point system that grants points for firing range scores, performance evaluati...
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42 percent died – a hospital mortality rate equivalent to that of the Middle Ages. In November 1854, after the battle of Balaklava, FlorenceNightingaleand her 18 trained nurses introduced basic standards of hygiene, nutrition, sanitation, and administration in the British military hospitals. Upon ...
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Ranks and uniforms of the German army, navy and air forceErlam, Denys
The United States Navy equivalent of General of the Air Force is Fleet Admiral. A General is an officer of high military rank. The term is used by nearly every country in the world. General may be a rank on its own, or can be used as a generic term for "general officers". In most...
(2) The ranks of Lieutenant Colonel and Major shall be conferred with the approval of the head(s) of a general department of the People's Liberation Army, a major military command, one of the different services and arms, or a unit equivalent to a major military command; and ...
It was the same at the navy and the RAF. All the free legal services were closed to me. My husband had been to see them all, and this debarred them from giving me advice, they each insisted. The establishment had closed ranks. In those days male chauvinism was alive and well, and ...
High school or equivalent education What is a drill? This applies to Reserve and Guard service. Drills are periods of inactive duty training (IDT), under orders, scheduled to augment training. No more than two drills can be performed on one calendar day, and each drill must be at least fo...
Primarily general officers and equivalent senior executive service Army civilians serve at the organizational or strategic leadership levels. 3-33. Often, the rank or grade of the leader holding a position does not indicate the position's leadership level. That is why Figure 3-3 does not show ...