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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Baloo: [QB] The Air Force uses "high year of tenure" to determine how long an enlisted person may honorably serve without further promotion. Note that Air Force ranks are skewed when compared to Army or Marine ranks -- the AF does not have an NCO equivalent to Corporal, but we used to -- Sergeant (now Senior Airman). The following times have changed over the years. More explaination follows these listings: <DL><DT>Airman Basic (AB) <DD>Must serve 8 months for automatic promotion, provided you've been a "good boy(/girl)". <DT>Airman (Amn) <DD>Must serve for 1 year in this rank for automatic promotion, again dependent upon good behavior. <DT>Airman First Class (A1C) <DD>Must serve 24 months in this rank for promotion to Senior Airman (the last "automatic" promotion). Again, dependent on good behavior. <DT>The rank Formerly Known As Sergeant [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/wink.gif[/IMG] (Senior Airman SrA). <DD>SrA must test for the next higher rank (as all higher enlisted ranks must), and is eligible to do so after one year in that rank. A Senior Airman must either make Staff Sergeant by his ten-year mark or be separated from the service (he can't reenlist, but at least he gets severance pay). <DT>Staff Sergeant (SSgt) <DD>May stay in for 20 years. If not promoted to TSgt by that time, the SSgt must retire. <DT>Technical Sergeant (TSgt) <DD>TSgts used to be able to stay in longer than SSgts, but now must also retire at 20 years, if they have not been promoted to Master Sergeant. <DT>Master Sergeant (MSgt) <DD>Must retire at 24 years, unless he is promoted to Senior Master Sergeant. <DT>Senior Master Sergeant (SMSgt) <DD>Must Retire at 26 years unless promoted to Chief Master Sergeant. <DT>Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt) <DD> Must retire at 30 years. If I'm not mistaken, this requirement may be waived, if it's in the best interest of the service to keep him/her in.</DL> For officers it's a bit different. I think they must make Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col. just above Major) prior to the 14-year mark or be separated (prior enlisted who become officers may remain in for 20 years if they don't get past Major, and may retire at that point). After an officer makes Lt. Col., I'm not certain if there are any up-or-out points prior to the 30-year mark. Generals (or so I think) may stay in for up to 30 years, which may (probably) be waivered if they are serving an important post (such as Air Force Chief-of-staff). In Trek, I think things work differently. In one episode, where Q allowed Picard to live his life over, Picard wound up a Lieutenant aboard the Ent-D. Before WW II, a regular officer (not reserves or guard) who was a graduate from the service academy could serve about as long as he cared, without regard to whether he got promoted. The U.S. revised that system around the time of WW II, but it was either during or after the war that the changes were effected. --Baloo [/QB][/QUOTE]
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