Posted on 05/12/2008 7:32:00 PM PDT by Mike Bates
MoveOn.org sponsored a contest for the best 30-second pro-Barack Obama TV commercial. The winner, according to the Associated Press's article, "MoveOn ad features pro-Obama Republican," was an ad starring Air Force veteran John Weiler. The spot includes Mr. Weiler, whose military service is to be commended, saying "I've been a Republican since before I could actually vote." Not only that: "I'm a lifelong Republican and I'm voting for Barack Obama."
I don't know if Mr. Weiler is a lifelong Republican as he claims. I do know that if the Associated Press is accurate in its reporting, he must have been an extraordinary serviceman.
"He served in the Air Force from 1983 to 1989, leaving the service as a master sergeant," according to the AP. Is that not amazing? The Air Force Enlisted Promotions Fact Sheet shows promotion to Master Sergeant (E-7) requires eight years in the service. According to Military.com, "The average service wide active duty time for advancement to the rank of Master Sergeant is 17.06 years."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
You mean everybody doesn’t make master sgt in 7 years in the zoomies? No! Get out!
well i guess since the gop selected Mccain, Obama’s views are not much different to those republicans that really support Mccain. I am not talking about those that just do it because they fear the democrats, I mean the ones that really like mccain.
Man, the AP really is a great journalistic organization. Real fact checkers, they are.
Hey Mike Did you see master sergeant refrenced in the ad? The newsweak article you link to has him as a staff sergeant which is possible.
Ah! Nevermind.
Please see No. 8. It has been corrected. Thanks.
“I made SGT E-5 in 2-1/2 years in the U.S. Army. I’m not sure how fast promotions come in the Air Force, but I assume it’s similar to the army.”
No, they weren’t so fast when I was in (1970 - 1974). The norm was E-4 in about two years, but E-5 in four was rare, and most E-4s got their fourth stripe (E-5 Staff Sergeant) after they re-upped.
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