Not This Time.
Well, it’s official, I didn’t get promoted this year. Having drowned my sorrows in a turkey sub last night (we have a Subway trailer on base) I got a look at the list of selectees today and I don’t feel so bad anymore. It was a short list consisting mostly of guys who have been SSgts a lot longer than me. Next week I get to see my scores and find out just how close I came. Depending on that information I may feel the need for more subs, we’ll see. More later.
David
UPDATE:
OK, now I really don’t feel so bad. I just got my scorecard (Amazing! The Air Force got something done a week early!) and despite my worst fears I was the #18 nonselectee, missed it by 12 points and change. That is actually more comforting to me than being the #1 nonselectee that missed it by 0.02 points. Anyway, I scored way better on my SKT (Job related) than I thought I would and not quite as well on the PFE (Air Force Trivial Pursuit). Anyway, more studying next year and I think I just might make it!
June 17th, 2005 at 10:41 am
I saw the list, checked it twice. Do you need chocolate chip cookies to help drown your sorrows or do you still have Berger cookies left?
June 17th, 2005 at 11:02 am
Chocolate chip cookies would probably do the trick. As long as they’re made with love…
June 17th, 2005 at 4:07 pm
Sorry to hear you didn’t make it, but I am glad you know your job better than you know Air Force trivia. Knowing that Ira Bong is the all time US Air Force Ace isn’t as important as knowing what to do when it matters.
June 17th, 2005 at 7:20 pm
Glad the results, though disappointing, are something you can live with. May you make Tech next year.
June 17th, 2007 at 1:45 am
[...] So many, many moons ago I wrote a post about waiting to find out if I had been promoted followed by another post wherein I announced I had not been promoted and was somewhat bummed. Well, this past Thursday the Air Force announced the listing of the newest Technical Sergeants and yours truly was on it. Woohoo! As the list was announced while I was at al Udeid in Qatar, I was able to take my ration card to the MWR tent and celebrate with two of my three federally authorized Strongbow hard ciders. Yum. [...]