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Originally Posted by Dog 6
"Is a recruit in basic training an E-1 and they become an E-2 after they have passed basic training?"
yes
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This is not automatic in the Army. You'll get E-1 PVTs arriving to their units still E-1 quite frequently. Usually only the guys that have long AITs show up to their units with E-2 in hand if they didn't get some kind of early promotion through other means.
Keep in mind, the Army has many ways to get promotions before ever leaving home for Basic Training. If you get two buddies to enlist, you get E2 (that's what I did). If you were an Eagle Scout or were in Civil Air Patrol and took the Eddie Rickenbacker test (and passed it) you get E3. If you have a Bachelor's Degree but don't want to be an officer, you get automatic E4. If you were prior service, you'll usually go down one rank from your last pay grade in your first service. I'm sure there are some things I'm missing. But this gives you a means of justifying lots of different ranks between E-1 and E-4.