Sargents got it easy
Some people think once you made sargent, you got it easy. My civilian friends think so anyway. The promotion comes with a lot of responsibility IMO. I remember each step up the NCO rank meant less sleep & more work, Being a Corporal was the best . You had enough authority to get details done & but were still considered one of the guys. I ran a Vulcan gun platoon in the 82nd ABN at age 21. The unit was understrength & had "acting jacks" filling positions meant for 2 grades higher. I often wondered what my friend back at home was doing while I burning the midnight oil filling out platoon paperwork. It was kinda weird,my driver was in his 30s. I sometimes think people get this idea from watching gomer pyle & seeing the sargent "get over". My hat's off to all the young NCOs in the service . My mother definitely liked what she got back from the service
Some people think once you made sargent, you got it easy. My civilian friends think so anyway. The promotion comes with a lot of responsibility IMO. I remember each step up the NCO rank meant less sleep & more work, Being a Corporal was the best . You had enough authority to get details done & but were still considered one of the guys. I ran a Vulcan gun platoon in the 82nd ABN at age 21. The unit was understrength & had "acting jacks" filling positions meant for 2 grades higher. I often wondered what my friend back at home was doing while I burning the midnight oil filling out platoon paperwork. It was kinda weird,my driver was in his 30s. I sometimes think people get this idea from watching gomer pyle & seeing the sargent "get over". My hat's off to all the young NCOs in the service . My mother definitely liked what she got back from the service