Stripes. These can refer to zebras, who you are on the outside, who you are on the inside showing for the world to see, a prison uniform, or much more.
As you can see by the photo below, today I am referring to military rank insignia.
In the military, rank is earned by a number of different things. Time in grade, training, evaluations by superiors, positive contributions to the unit and the mission. But there are other factors at hand, as well. Things such as how many other members of your work area there are, and how many of each rank a given work area is permitted to have.
Anyhow, Charlie had been a Tech Sergeant for a very long time. This past year, after many years with A LOT of travelling, Charlie decided to apply to switch to a new job, as a crew chief. He got two job offers with different groups at the same unit, and was excited to try something new.
Anyhow, Charlie had been a Tech Sergeant for a very long time. This past year, after many years with A LOT of travelling, Charlie decided to apply to switch to a new job, as a crew chief. He got two job offers with different groups at the same unit, and was excited to try something new.
One of the bonuses of changing- a larger pool of people in the job description, so he wouldn't travel nearly as often! I know it is part of the job, but goodness it has been a long run of continuous travel, and he and Wyatt had talked every year about Charlie helping coach football. One little downside, Charlie would have to give up a stripe. Well, he has never been one to be too concerned about rank and titles, more about doing a good job/
Charlie has enjoyed his new adventure, and it seems that it is going well, because his supervisor recently called him in, did a performance evaluation, and put him in to board for the rank he gave up. When Charlie was home sick earlier this week, he boss called, and said he wanted to be the first to congratulate him on placing so highly in the boards.
Yay! So noce to know you are valued, right? And I am glad to know that he is planning to take those uniforms in to change the rank back to the E-6- to the same place that sewed his name badge upside down. They can fix that othe little detail along the way- and I can skip messing with badges!
Well, congrats, Charlie! Well deserved. Now before you get a big head, can we talk about the to-do list around here?
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