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I've seen several people here with the "R" by their name and their rank is E5 or E6. I'm not a rank snob but I wonder how it is possible to stay in for 20 years and never make it beyond E6? I made E5 in the USAF in under 4 years.
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Could be medical. Could be they could never make points. Years ago, there was a policy that SGTs Promotable could retire at 20 and I personally knew someone that retired as a SGT(P) because her MOS points were constantly at 798 for 5 years running at least.
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The E5s are usually medical retirements. For the Army you can stay in till 20 as an E6 and there are some MOSs that combine and bottleneck at E7. Pre 9/11 and drawdown years it was even harder.
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SGT Gary Springer
I retired an E5(P) in 2011 back then it was possible to retire an E5. But there was certain things that had to be done like hold a job that was above your rank as I did as G5 Clerk this was an E8 position that I held for several years. But there was some medical issues also, but that didnt effect my retirement status I retired after 22 1/ 2 years
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As long as the Government has classified me as Retired, the people that don't like it can kiss my ass. I owe them no explanation. I put in my 20 years!
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