Promotion (Read 1,400 times)

Congrats! USAF SSgt?

How things have changed. Back in 1963 when I joined our MA-1 shop had about 75 people. A Chief, no Seniors until 1965, one MSgt, 2 TSsg, 5 SSgt and all had at least 17 years active duty. Through the 60's, because MA-1 was State-side only the e-4/e-5 promotion list was red-lined for most MA-1 troops beause they wanted to promote the war fighters, the crew chiefs who went to VietNam. Thats why WAPS started with a 10% guarantee promotion per career field.
I was Sq Airman of Quarter and Year for 1965 and Air Division Technican of the year also in 1965. I was fortunate to get E-4 AIC, under the Exceptional Airman Program. That was an AF level Promotion that the local Division could not red line. I had 40 months in AF when selected and had to wait 2 months to pin on. When 539th disbanded we separated about 30 MA-1 troops as E-3, A2C because of promotion limits imposed by AF leaders. Many of the E-5's were Korean War vets, and all of our senior folks were also Korean War, with some from WWII.
Congrats to your son, what career field?

PS, I went from A1C to SSgt. A1C was E-4. It was late 1967 when AF went from Airment Third Class (E-2) and Airman Second Class (E-3) and Airman First Class (E-4) to Airman, Senior Airman and Sgt.

TIS requirements have changed since I retired. Back then you needed 16 years TIS for eligilibity to Chief. Now it's down to 14 years, although I would not expect many at that point just due to requirements and points. Since TIS and TIG both are points makers, it's hard to overcome.

Excellent, and a :salute for him!

Man, and was going to just let that one slide by, but no, you just had to point out just how damn old the man is didn't ya? :rofl :rofl

OK, now when my boys call me dirt, older than dirt, they will be right. And Ron, you were with me back then, so how old are you...lol.
Just a slight typo, but hey Civil War was hell.

Lorin, I never denied I'm older than dirt. and I'm the guy who blazed the trail to Seaside Heights so all you whippersnappers could debauch those New York bimbi (that's multiple bimbo) down the Jersey Shore. :tailed-devil

If he's serious, that's a damn fine and proud gesture. Let him have it, he's gonna show it off to all his buds, and look at it all the time. What he's basically saying is

YOU'RE MY HERO, DAD

That's like a permanent hug, Dude.

A few of us from the Instruments/Electric shop made friends with the Seaside cops. We'd either sleep in the car in the parking lot or use an empty cell. They'd wake us at about 6 or 7, give us coffee and doughnuts. We'd close up a bar at around two, and they'd rather have us there casually than being under arrest from being in a bar fight somewhere.

See how considerate we were?

I remember recharging under the boardwalk with some of those New YAWK bimbi,


didnt need much sleep after being with them. Testosterone levels stayed high for two more days

If you want to talk older than dirt ,talk to old sarg,jim too and biend hoa.they are well into older than dirt years.Come to think of it they might the oldest on the forum.