That was when a company commander could identify a soldier as being smart enough, mature enough, and with enough leadership ability, he could promote that soldier, regardless of his age, time in service or time in grade. Company commander’s selections were approved by the battalion and brigade...
SPC and CPL are the same pay grade and Promote to SGTSGT SZ means Secondary Zone promotion from SPC or CPL to SGT. This is an earlier promotion than SGT PZ (Primary Zone)The Primary zone will have greater than or equal to points to the secondary zone (but never less than).SGT is ...
There is something more than a little macabre about racing to a man’s execution. Life may have the pretense of an itinerary, but death is, after all, assumed to be unscheduled. “It’s just so different from the ordinary … when you call a hearse after someone has died,” said Sister...
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and of all the NCO grades, this one, most likely, has the most impact on the soldiers of lower ranking. Privates, who are the main manpower strength and the army grade, usually have sergeants as the first NCO leader. It’s the grade sergeant that the army privates will really look for...
Sgt. Foley is there to train and evaluate him and will clearly find Zack wanting. Zack meets Paula, a girl who has little beyond family and must decide what it is he wants to do with his life. Once A Princess (2014) More like this >> A high school princess is cursed by the geek...
the C-17 shines as an aeromedical evacuation transport. The missions typically involve transporting seriously wounded personnel from a combat theater to hospitals in the U.S. or Europe. The C-17’s “big, bright, and spacious interior,” with hookups for medical-grade oxygen, make it the air...
What's higher than a lieutenant? The next higher rank islieutenant junior grade(U.S. and British), followed by lieutenant and lieutenant commander. A U.S. Navy lieutenant is thus equal in rank to a U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps captain; a U.S. Navy ensign is equal in ran...
Soldiers from the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, deliberately detonate a known roadside bomb trigger point near Qedar, north of Baghdad, Iraq. (Sgt. John Crosby/U.S. Army). Explosively formed penetrators (or projectiles), better known as EFPs, were responsible for wo...
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