View Full Version : The "Orderly Sergeant" USMC!
GyG1345
03-06-03, 03:17 PM
When the Marine Corps was reactivated in 1798, the American Navy consisted of a handful of frigates under orders to patrol the Atlantic seaboard. During the second war with England, Marines served...
GyG1345
03-06-03, 04:02 PM
Keep in mind...................
In the above, when reference is made to pay grades by number (e.g., the "second" pay grade) they are making reference to a pay grade system that was reversed numerically from that which we are now used to.
The first pay grade, at that time, was the top pay grade, not the private (E-1), as we are now used to.
It was in 1946 that the pay grades were reversed to indicate the private as an E-1, and not the top pay grade, etc.
DickG
greensideout
03-06-03, 06:27 PM
Good scoop!
I enjoy reading it and hope you keep it coming our way.
Semper Fi
wrbones
03-06-03, 09:52 PM
GyG's the expert on that stuff, folks! Ya oughta drop by his website! The best of it's type on the net!
Only one thing....you'll lose track of time.....Fascinatin' stuff there!