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Originally Posted by ExSoldier
When I was active all the EM's started out as a "slick sleeve" then they got the first chevron we all called mosquito wings. That's the first promotion, that's a regular pvt (E2). Then they get the rocker chevron and it's the second promotion for the pfc (E3). Next stop was Spec/4. Is it still that way in the army? Anybody here know?
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I think it's still that way. Although at the command I was at, it seemed like Army people picked up Spec/4 so fast it didn't matter anyway. There were a lot of 3-4 year Staff Sgts. Which is ridiculous. I was a jarhead, so we went Pvt, PFC, Lance CPL.