Conversation Between ABrevik and montana

Damn, that's a fast promotion there lol. Yea, my Grandfather was in Vietnam. He was a mustang but got promoted to Capt (Army) fairly quickly I beleive. He earned a Silver Star for saving Marines lives during a enemy mortar attack.

story goes...the Corps can only be a certan size during peace time....vietnam wasnt a war...it was a police action...the gooks were killing a lot more of us then they could make NCOs...so they made them as they were needed...hell i was plt sgt of a combat plt for a week...go figure...the plt sgt was acting Lt...cuz we didnt have one
oh ya i was in more then a year...was 18 months...was sgt in 14 months, cpl in 13..lcpl in 10

I guess it was alot different during your time in the Corps though.

was combat promotions....have to ask owr Lt. and the Top...why they felt i needed stripes....hell all i wanted to do was walk point and kill gooks.

What about TIS and TIG requirements?

i was a suck up....go figure???

How is it that you were in for only one year and obtained the rank of Sergeant?