Now Sparky, what did you have to do exactly to make rank so quickly and does that have anything to do with the reason why you are no longer in the military?
Same thing I did. Study, learn your job, study some more, stand duty usually on a port/starboard or four section duty................still study. Then that whole learn a job thing and also learn how to be a fireman and cop. Sometimes wondered what my job truly was...........what I did or a fireman. Learn the jobs of all others on the ship so you could step in for them in an emergency. I made E-5 in 2 1/2 years, made E-4 less than 1 1/2 years......missed E-6 by a point, then got out. 6 1/2 years in the Navy, 62 months of sea duty and 31 months underway/deployed.
I was lucky compared to Sparky...............he was on a sub (poor bastard) I just fixed em.............he was a nuke (sharp as a tack, until common sense was needed........then he just nuked it
) My god the time they spent onboard prior to making her glow and after (****ing resin discharge
)
I won't even mention the deployments