[Casloy]

I made e-4 after only 18 months. Not bragging, either. Unless you were a total screw up it was almost automatic.

[vetvetdoug]

I am not defending Hubbard but the years in the USAF from 1955 to about 1965 were thin times. Rank was very difficult to come by and they were stingy with giving promotions. My father made M/Sgt. from 1947-53 and got out of the USAF for 18 months. He rejoined the USAF and was only allowed to retain his S/Sgt. rank. From 1955 to 1965 he stayed a S/Sgt. From 1965 to 1976 he made it back to SM/Sgt. I joined the USAF in 1974 and made it to E-6 by 1983.

Hubbard was a pimp.