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TestDummy987 t1_j9vcogu wrote

Reply to comment by ashesofempires in Suspect arrested in 2001 killing of a pregnant soldier at a former U.S. Army base in Germany by StevenSanders90210

This was her first duty station and 19, I’m thinking he was the married one. It’s not uncommon when an NCO grooms new females soldiers. It happened a few times on deployment.

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CrysisCamaro t1_j9vtoba wrote

if you go by ages he was like 20 maybe 21. the likelihood of him being an NCO at 20 even in late 2001 is extremely low.

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Atralis t1_j9w65w3 wrote

I have to hope this guy wasn't an NCO but....

In my MOS when I was in the most common age that people made E5 was 21 because our promotion points were so low (350) that basically anyone that went to the board got promoted and you could go to the board at 3 years time in service.

We had a high speed guy get promoted while we were deployed that couldn't drink with us when we got back because he was 20.

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TestDummy987 t1_j9vvosb wrote

But not impossible. We had a couple E-5’s that were 21. Are you an expert on everything in the army?

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