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derf · 10-03-2011, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

congrats.

And AF is pretty easy to figure out the whole stripe thing. E-1 is a stripe without the star. E-2 is a stripe with the star. Everything else, just add 1 to the number of stripes and you know where the person is on the pay scale.

It's a lot better than memorizing eagles, propellers and shit.

Yeh, if you see it every day its super easy, but for someone who doesn't see it every day its confusing as shit.

Mikey · 10-03-2011, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

congrats.

And AF is pretty easy to figure out the whole stripe thing. E-1 is a stripe without the star. E-2 is a stripe with the star. Everything else, just add 1 to the number of stripes and you know where the person is on the pay scale.

It's a lot better than memorizing eagles, propellers and shit.

Not quite.

E-1= no stripes, or slick-sleeve.
E-2= 1 stripe
E-3= 2 stripes, etc.

Just count the stripes and add one, and that's the pay grade. It's really the easiest of all the branches.

Captain Morgan · 10-03-2011, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikey

Not quite.

E-1= no stripes, or slick-sleeve.
E-2= 1 stripe
E-3= 2 stripes, etc.

Just count the stripes and add one, and that's the pay grade. It's really the easiest of all the branches.

maybe they've changed it since I was in. Either that, or my memory is fading in my old age.

Mikey · 10-03-2011, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

maybe they've changed it since I was in. Either that, or my memory is fading in my old age.

It's changed a couple of times, but that's the current iteration. It's nice because it's incredibly simple.

fatbuckRTO · 10-03-2011, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikey

Not quite.

E-1= no stripes, or slick-sleeve.
E-2= 1 stripe
E-3= 2 stripes, etc.

Just count the stripes and add one, and that's the pay grade. It's really the easiest of all the branches.

If you have time to stare at the rank. I found it one of the more difficult to distinguish on the fly, especially the difference between E-4's and E-5's, E-5's and E-6's. Don't even get me started on being a Marine and trying to address a senior enlisted Air Force member by rank...

"Yes, Chief Master Senior Air Sergeant First-Class with a Cherry on Top. No, Senior Master Awesome Good-Job Sergeant Major Air Assault"

Of course, the absolute hardest to pick out on a walk-by are Navy Chiefs in khakis. You damn-near need a pair of binos to count the stars right.

derf · 10-03-2011, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by fatbuckRTO

If you have time to stare at the rank. I found it one of the more difficult to distinguish on the fly, especially the difference between E-4's and E-5's, E-5's and E-6's. Don't even get me started on being a Marine and trying to address a senior enlisted Air Force member by rank...

"Yes, Chief Master Senior Air Sergeant First-Class with a Cherry on Top. No, Senior Master Awesome Good-Job Sergeant Major Air Assault"

Of course, the absolute hardest to pick out on a walk-by are Navy Chiefs in khakis. You damn-near need a pair of binos to count the stars right.

I just gave up and started assuming I outrank everyone else

the chi · 10-03-2011, 01:57 PM

Congrats AM!

racedoll · 10-03-2011, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikey

Just count the stripes and add one, and that's the pay grade. It's really the easiest of all the branches.

Yeah, it's not too hard.

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Originally Posted by derf

I just gave up and started assuming I outrank everyone else

Good one derf!

Archren · 10-03-2011, 03:38 PM

Congrats! I know you've been trying to get it for a while.

Mr Lefty · 10-03-2011, 04:25 PM

Congrats... I got fucked by doing a special duty... In my normal career field, I'd have made it by 5pts... missed it as an MTL by 14pts... oh well...

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