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Originally Posted by CPTAUSRET
Sad state of affairs!
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There are some here who were in SF prior to it becoming a branch and then after serving as 18 series.
Prior to the SF Branch there were no positions above E-7 for the Engineers. What, 1 slot at Group HQ? Commo and Medics were looking at the very few Bn and Gp slots. In the 70s, to make MSG, you were looking at a trip down the road to a conventional unit.
With hope, luck and hard service a guy could make 1SG then SGM and return as a Company SGM. With bad luck a guy departed Group as a SSG and returned as some crusty, old fart CSM with 670-1 for brains. The young stud muffins were going "Just what graveyard did they dig this old dinosaur from."
Branch came with it's own can of worms.
Pete
Retired before I became a dinosaur