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Which branch is the best for making higher rank?
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E- 1 - on enlistment
E-2
- 4 months later
E-3 -
4 months later
E-4
(Sp 4)
3 months later
On the Secondary E-5 list - about 18 months later
Enlisted with prior service - 9 months after ETS
E-3 - upon re-enlistment
E-4 about 6 months later
E-5
About 2 years later
E-6
about
4 years later
ETS as an E-6
In the Virginia State Guard ( not National Guard)
promoted to E-7 about after a year
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In the Army, my Company Commander delayed my E-3 rate for several months because he asked if I though a cartoon was funny and I said yes, whereas all the others he asked lied and said no.
I am not still mad, as I made E-5 and all those "yes men" couldn't be counted on where the rubber meets the road.
OTOH, even though I was doing an E-8 job, I only received E-5 pay.