A Master Sergeant days away from retirement told me "this isn't the same Air Force I joined thirty years ago. This place has serious problems".
It's in the 2013 NDAA, thanks to a well-synchronized campaign linking commanders' and physicians' lack of knowledge about private firearms ownership to the increasing suicide rate. Of course, the bigger problem is that the military will inevitably stretch the ability to question into registration, training, and safety education requirements. And private ownership will be broad enough to cover "owned or possessed by anyone in the household," so transferring ownership to a spouse won't be a way of avoiding culpability. I'm so glad I retired. There's nothing more intrusive than a military with a declining mission.
Can you please elaborate for me how a MSgt can serve 30 years when the High Year Tenure is 24 years? Or is it possible that you were ANG/AFR who tend to march to the beat of their own drummer? Or is it possible that same MSgt was suffering from delusions of grandeur? Currently, the HYT for CMSgt is 30, SMSgt is 26, and MSgt is 24.
I will also submit that it was "time" for that MSgt to go...if he was telling what I assume was (you) a SrA that it was time to go, he would be what I consider a disgrace to his uniform and a piss-poor example of a Senior NCO.
I was ANG... which is under Federal control now.... which is Bull.
HYT changes over time and between services. When I retired back in 98, an Air Force E-7 could go to 30 years. In 2009 it was 26 years. HYT is supposed to change again in 2013.Can you please elaborate for me how a MSgt can serve 30 years when the High Year Tenure is 24 years? Or is it possible that you were ANG/AFR who tend to march to the beat of their own drummer? Or is it possible that same MSgt was suffering from delusions of grandeur? Currently, the HYT for CMSgt is 30, SMSgt is 26, and MSgt is 24.
I will also submit that it was "time" for that MSgt to go...if he was telling what I assume was (you) a SrA that it was time to go, he would be what I consider a disgrace to his uniform and a piss-poor example of a Senior NCO.
an Air Force E-7 could go to 30 years. In 2009 it was 26 years.
The attainment of rank works differently in different branches of service. It's generally a lot harder to attain rank in the Air Force than it is in the Army for example. The other side of that coin is that it's also a lot harder to lose your rank in the Air Force than it is in the Army. The average time to make E-8 in the Air Force is 19 years, which is about the same as it was when I was in. Average time to E-9 is 22 years. But there's a little kink in the Air Force promotion system for E-8 and E-9. Promotion to those two ranks is done quite differently than it is for the lower ranks. The lower ranks are promoted mainly by skill testing and performance reports, while promotion to E-8 and E-9 pits the potential promotee up against a promotion board, which is an entirely different animal. Things start to go from objective to subjective very quickly, and people who may have excelled in the previous system don't always do so against the boards, so it isn't unusual to see E-7s go to HYT.Bloody Hell!!! If you've been in 30 without making 8 then it's because of just doing what you've got to do to avoid getting a courts martial.
I did see a CW5 force retired at 39.5 years and he did not want to leave. Was hard to see a grown man in tears because he was being told he wasn't qualified because of his age and time in service. I know when he was on the controls of the aircraft, is was super smooth.
The attainment of rank works differently in different branches of service. It's generally a lot harder to attain rank in the Air Force than it is in the Army for example. The other side of that coin is that it's also a lot harder to lose your rank in the Air Force than it is in the Army. The average time to make E-8 in the Air Force is 19 years, which is about the same as it was when I was in. Average time to E-9 is 22 years. But there's a little kink in the Air Force promotion system for E-8 and E-9. Promotion to those two ranks is done quite differently than it is for the lower ranks. The lower ranks are promoted mainly by skill testing and performance reports, while promotion to E-8 and E-9 pits the potential promotee up against a promotion board, which is an entirely different animal. Things start to go from objective to subjective very quickly, and people who may have excelled in the previous system don't always do so against the boards, so it isn't unusual to see E-7s go to HYT.
in the ANG, everything above E-5 is a board. the bad thing for some is that there are caps on certain positions for rank, ie my recruiter can only make E-7 as well as my training person. they recently cut back my personnel person back to an E-6 max. glad i'm not in one of those.
as soon as i pass pt, i'll be eligible for E-7 next month when i hit 9 years in service.