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Re:Sucks to be an old engineer by smcl on Monday May 27, 2013 @04:34PM (#5776460)
Only twice? I've never know the ins and outs of the military (and ex-PFC Wintergreen is the closest I'll probably ever know to people being demoted or missing promotion) however this seems incredibly harsh.
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Re:Sucks to be an old engineer by rayiner on Monday May 27, 2013 @05:05PM (#5776576)
See the description of the promotion "zones." In practice its really just once because its rare to be promoted on the second chance. http://usmilitary.about.com/od/promotions/l/blofficerprom.ht....
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Re:Sucks to be an old engineer by radiusq on Monday May 27, 2013 @05:05PM (#5776575)
He said officers, not everyone
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