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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
You'd be surprised at how common that is. I don't think I worked in my pay grade the whole time I was in the Army.
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The most extreme I had was as a freshly-minted E-3 in a E-6 slot. (Never mind that the only reason I was an E-3 was that the Army screwed me, and ultimately itself, over.)
The relevant brigade staff officer had a few words with my NCO peers when I came in first in the annual competition/inspection 2 weeks later, especially since I ended up being post runner-up. Something about what is wrong with you that a PFC just beat every single one of you... heard through the grapevine after the fact.
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
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