Re: SF writers in the work force JD Vance.

On 11/11/2024 6:42 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 11/11/2024 6:36 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:

On 11/11/2024 5:20 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 11/9/2024 8:06 PM, Jay E. Morris wrote:

On 11/9/2024 3:11 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

Dude, JD Vance was a Marine Corps officer, not Army.  And his grandfather just lived down the street during his childhood with extensive contact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance
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And Vance is the VP Elect.  He will be sworn in on Jan 20, 2025.
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Lynn

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To slightly correct the correction, he was a non-commissioned office, a corporal.

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BTW, a corporal in the US Marine Corps is equivalent to a sergeant in the US Army.
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Lynn
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Sorry, not.
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      Marines                     Army
E-1  Private                     Private
E-2  Private First Class         Private
E-3  Lance Corporal              Private First Class
E-4  Corporal                    Corporal (or Specialist 4, Non-NCO)
E-5  Sergeant                    Sergeant
E-6  Staff Sergeant              Staff Sergeant
E-7  Gunnery Sergeant            Sergeant First Class
E-8  Master Sergeant             Master Sergeant
E-9  Master Gunnery Sergeant     Sergeant Major
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Note, E-8 in both when the senior NCO in a company are First Sergeant, E-9 when senior NCO in a battalion are Sergeant Major in Marines and Command Sergeant Major in the Army.

 Sorry, going with my son who spent 8 years in the USMC and got out as a Corporal.
 Lynn
 

Not unusual for troops not to know unless a person has interaction with other services. While in did a little training with Marines and their ranks are close enough to Army that it was easy to learn. 20 years as contractor with the Air Force and I still occasionally screwed up the senior ranks. Navy? Forget it.