Which one is superior? Who needs so many sergeant ranks?

>>34423691
Silly plebe, not knowing about the T-ranks that we did away with.

>>34423691
US, it is more satisfying to get more frequent promotions. It is a good moral booster to put more rungs on the ladder, even if it is the same height.

It boosts morale and keeps your enlisted in place because they have something to "aspire" to. Bear in mind that E-9s make less than an 20 something year old O-3.

Some people fall for it, most don't.

The only enlisted jobs that get enlisted ranks like E-8/E-9 at early ages are the SOF jobs. They are also the only E-8s/E-9s that actually know how to do their MOSs jobs.

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>>34423691
Because they all do different things.

E-1 is a basic bitch who hasnt even passed boot camp

E-2 is usually given once they have passed basic training and are in their MOS training phase

E-3 is someone who has passed AIT and has been received by their unit

E-4 is the meat and potatoes of the armed forces. Not a leader but you can do your job without supervision(Note: never let an E-4 do his job without supervision)

E-5 You are now a leader who can be put in charge of supervising a team of others doing your job (Note: watch the E-4s, they are all shammers)

E-6 You are enough of an experienced leader that you can manage an entire section of people, teach others to do your job, do staff related functions that facilitate your job or perform administrative functions that are wholly unrelated to your job but need to be done anyway by someone with enough rank.

E-7 You are the senior leader of an entire troop of people doing your job or a senior staff functionary or teaching other leaders advanced details of your job.

E-8 You are the head of an entire detachment of people doing your job or a senior staff advisor.

E-9 You are the head of an entire organization in charge of all aspects of training, leadership and function.

>>34425293
>>34425293

You have clearly never been in the military.

Please shut the fuck up about rank progression.

Show me where "section" and "troop" are typical army classifications for troop numbers.

Go back to COW A DOOTY now, faggot.

That lance corporal Commonwealth equivalent isn't correct. A lance corporal is second in command of a section of 8 to 12 people. Corporal the commander of that section. A sergeant in command of a platoon and so forth.

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>>34426350
Cause there are just sergeants in only one branch, right fag? So let's use the terminology for just the Army.

And if he has to ask, he's civilian and doesn't know what team/section/squad/platoon/company/battalion/brigade/division imply so you explain using organizational terms he might understand. Use your fucking brain.

>>34426553

>And if he has to ask

He made a statement, not proposed a question.

I'm not here to teach him something he should have went to Wikipedia and read up on before talking out of his ass.

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>>34426576
>able to do independently research for one's questions
>posts on 4chins

This site is for shitposting or spoonfeeding. Or else why are you here? Posting pictures of gunz? Boy did you ever come to the wrong place...

>>34426576
>which one
>who needs
Totally not questions

>>34426633

You didn't read the whole thread. We're talking about this post: >>34425293

>>34426576
He made a statement, not proposed a question.

See that (?) at the end of his sentence? They usually signify a question. You should have looked that up on Wikipedia.

>>34425082
Whats a T-boy? Had a brit refer to himself as one.

At what point do they stop being useful and become pencil pushers?

>>34426803

For the last fucking time, faggot,
this response:>>34426576 is in reference to this post: >>34426553

Which is a response to this post:
>>34426350 about this post: >>34425293


NOT OP'S POST.

>>34426350
>"section" and "troop"

Both are commonly used terms outside of infantry units, so the poster is probably non-infantry.

>>34426965
>what point do they stop being useful and become pencil pushers?

That depends on the individual, as there are staff positions available for every NCO rank. There are some dudes that avoid all that shit and stick with line slots throughout their entire career, but usually by the time you make MSG / E8, you're going to have to do some staff time if you haven't already.

E9 is a waste of space.