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Senior and experienced non-commissioned officers and master chief petty officers in all branches of the military may take a "First Sergeant" or "command master chief" professional track as they are promoted to certain grades or are placed in the appropriate billet. Such NCOs are act as "senior enlisted advisors" within units to act as a link between the commanding officer and the enlisted personnel. In the Army, E-8s and E-9s serving in such roles are respectively "First Sergeants" and "Command Sergeants Major." Air Force Master Sergeants (E-7) and above in this position are "First Sergeants." Navy Master Chiefs become "Command Master Chiefs." The Marine Corps uses completely separate parallel tracks by which Gunnery Sergeants elect a choice on their regular fitness reports to be promoted either to First Sergeant, and thereafter Sergeant Major, or to Master Sergeant and then Master Gunnery Sergeant, and the Marines do not allow lateral move between these parallel ranks. Each branch of the service also has a specific billet and rank for the seniormost enlisted member of each service, who is meant to act as a representative for all enlisted members and as the senior enlisted advisor to the service's chief. These are respectively the Sergeant Major of the Army, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, and the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps.

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Senior and experienced non-commissioned officers and master chief petty officers in all branches of the military may take a "First Sergeant" or "command master chief" professional track as they are promoted to certain grades or are placed in the appropriate billet. Such [=NCOs=] are act as "senior enlisted advisors" within units to act as a link between the commanding officer and the enlisted personnel. In the Army, E-8s and E-9s serving in such roles are respectively "First Sergeants" and "Command Sergeants Major." Air Force Master Sergeants (E-7) and above in this position are "First Sergeants." Navy Master Chiefs become "Command Master Chiefs." The Marine Corps uses completely separate parallel tracks by which Gunnery Sergeants elect a choice on their regular fitness reports to be promoted either to First Sergeant, and thereafter Sergeant Major, or to Master Sergeant and then Master Gunnery Sergeant, and the Marines do not allow lateral move between these parallel ranks. Each branch of the service also has a specific billet and rank for the seniormost enlisted member of each service, who is meant to act as a representative for all enlisted members and as the senior enlisted advisor to the service's chief. These are respectively the Sergeant Major of the Army, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, and the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps.

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While the image of the "dumb grunt" persists, the reality is that the US military does, in fact, value education rather highly. Many recruits sign up in part to get money to pay for higher education through the GI Bill, as well as recieve practical training in specialized skills. And as one ascends the ranks, the level of formal education goes up - many NCOs are college educated, all officers are - the US only commissions college graduates, and graduate education is pretty much a requirement to make flag rank. (The Armed Forces conveniently run a number of graduate-level institutions, many of which are highly-respected in some field or other; for instance, the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks is well-known to be a good research center for security studies and international relations.) It should definitely be mentioned that the US military is one of the only employers in America, as well as being the largest and the only public employer, that can use frank intelligence and mental aptitude tests without fear of being sued for discrimination (the military is exempt from those provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act).

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While the image of the "[[DumbMuscle dumb grunt]]" persists, the reality is that the US military does, in fact, value education rather highly. Many recruits sign up in part to get money to pay for higher education through the GI Bill, as well as recieve practical training in specialized skills. And as one ascends the ranks, the level of formal education goes up - many [=NCOs=] are college educated, all officers are - the US only commissions college graduates, and graduate education is pretty much a requirement to make flag rank. (The Armed Forces conveniently run a number of graduate-level institutions, many of which are highly-respected in some field or other; for instance, the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks is well-known to be a good research center for security studies and international relations.) It should definitely be mentioned that the US military is one of the only employers in America, as well as being the largest and the only public employer, that can use frank intelligence and mental aptitude tests without fear of being sued for discrimination (the military is exempt from those provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act).

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* The '''Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II''' takes the opposite approach of the F-117A, being the MightyGlacier of aircraft. She's slow and God bless her, she's uglier than an episode of ''Real Housewives'', but boy does she get the job done. More widely known as "Warthog" or "Hog", the A-10 is designed to kill tanks, armored vehicles--and everyone in them. It can carry up to eight tons of bombs or missiles, but its primary weapon is the [[GatlingGood GAU-8 Avenger Gatling gun]]. A seven-barreled, 30mm cannon with '''UNIMAGINABLE''' [[MoreDakka amounts of dakka]][[note]]Tech Specs: it fires up to seventy rounds per second, each bullet weighing close to a pound([[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/30mm_5044.jpg Image of it next to a 20oz Coke bottle and a .50 BMG round]]), at 3,250 feet per second muzzle velocity. The ''recoil'' from the gun is more powerful than one of the plane's 2 engines ''at full throttle.''[[/note]]; you do ''not'' want to be on the receiving end of it. If you are, your coffin will probably be about the size of a snuff tin.\\

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* The '''Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II''' takes the opposite approach of the F-117A, being the MightyGlacier of aircraft. She's slow and God bless her, she's uglier than an episode of ''Real Housewives'', but boy does she get the job done. More widely known as "Warthog" or "Hog", the A-10 is designed to kill tanks, armored vehicles--and everyone in them. It can carry up to eight tons of bombs or missiles, but its primary weapon is the [[GatlingGood GAU-8 Avenger Gatling gun]]. A seven-barreled, 30mm cannon with '''UNIMAGINABLE''' [[MoreDakka amounts of dakka]][[note]]Tech Specs: it fires up to seventy rounds per second, each bullet weighing close to a pound ([[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/30mm_5044.jpg Image of it next to a 20oz Coke bottle and a .50 BMG round]]), at 3,250 feet per second muzzle velocity. The ''recoil'' from the gun is more powerful than one of the plane's 2 engines ''at full throttle.''[[/note]]; you do ''not'' want to be on the receiving end of it. If you are, your coffin will probably be about the size of a snuff tin.\\

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** It should also be pointed out that the F-15 is a true LightningBruiser. With four AIM120 AMRAAMs, four AIM9 Sidewinders, AND a gun, it packs quite an offensive punch in a dogfight. It has a positive thrust-to-weight ratio, meaning it can fly ''straight up'', allowing it to climb to altitude faster then ANY aircraft of its day; it still holds several 'time to climb' records. While all of those might make it sound like a FragileSpeedster, don't forget that an F-15B came home without a WING. VERY FEW aircraft in the world can claim to remain airborne with a wing sheered off completely, and still return to base. The F-15E Strike Eagle takes this even further by adding air-to-ground weapons to the mix, and was often sent out to hunt down and destroy Iraqi SCUD launchers during Desert Storm. During the Cold War, one F-15 was even modified to fire an Anti Satellite Missile, and killed a spy satellite (an aging American one that wasn't working anyway). The reason for this test? With so many Eagles in US service, it was easier to get off a shot at a Soviet Satellite when there's DOZENS of Eagles in the air at any one time, and hide the fact. Good luck doing the same with a ship or land based launcher.

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** It should also be pointed out that the F-15 is a true LightningBruiser. With four [=AIM120=] [=AMRAAMs=], four [=AIM9=] Sidewinders, AND a gun, it packs quite an offensive punch in a dogfight. It has a positive thrust-to-weight ratio, meaning it can fly ''straight up'', allowing it to climb to altitude faster then ANY aircraft of its day; it still holds several 'time to climb' records. While all of those might make it sound like a FragileSpeedster, don't forget that an F-15B came home without a WING. VERY FEW aircraft in the world can claim to remain airborne with a wing sheered off completely, and still return to base. The F-15E Strike Eagle takes this even further by adding air-to-ground weapons to the mix, and was often sent out to hunt down and destroy Iraqi SCUD launchers during Desert Storm. During the Cold War, one F-15 was even modified to fire an Anti Satellite Missile, and killed a spy satellite (an aging American one that wasn't working anyway). The reason for this test? With so many Eagles in US service, it was easier to get off a shot at a Soviet Satellite when there's DOZENS of Eagles in the air at any one time, and hide the fact. Good luck doing the same with a ship or land based launcher.

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