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Sometimes maybe. <br />
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LtCol R.D. Heinl, Jr. in the November, 1954 issue of Marine Corps Gazette, tells of his shocking experience of November, 1941 at San Diego when he observed "...something wholly...
Kegler300
10-03-02, 09:30 AM
For me, making rank wasn't necessarily hard, it just seemed to take a long time between pay grades.
Sgt-SSgt, 5 years
SSgt-GySgt, 5 1/2 years
GySgt - MSgt, 5 1/2 years
MSgt-MGySgt, 5 1/2 years
but after Korea the bubble was popped again, and things slowed down--MotorT, for instance, had lotsa buck sgts around, I knew a T/Sgt (George Lepp) w/ a MT spec. no., who had about 13 years in grade--not uncommon.
I remember an Officer/SNCO meeting at HQMC about '61 when we were told that we would all be 3 ranks higher in the next three years. High expectations! At that time, Officers and SNCOs were going TAD to Nam--not generally known--and getting their tickets punched. Kennedy may have slowed down plans when he advised DOD we were backing off RVN--but things resumed a bit later...