The promotion system was more or less the same thing when I was in the Air Force, I got out in '06. Rather than being promoted to SSgt (E-5) based on merit, it was based on how many NCOs the military needed. So what would happen is they would just lower the passing standard in order to pass x number of NCOs. On top of that, if you have been in longer, you get more points towards the test, etc. We had jackasses who had been in forever make rank just based on time-in-service. It was a major reason for my separation.
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