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Author: Chabal2

Nov 3rd 2012 at 8:52:02 AM

* BuckDanny, though whether he refuses promotions or is always passed over is unknown (one character jokes that Buck'll finally get his general's stars after one mission) has been an Air Force colonel for years (any higher and he wouldn't be allowed to fly). The ComicBookTime in the series is one of the most outrageous ever, as the main trio have been the same age ever since joining up in WWII.
* {{Discworld}}:
** [[MemeticBadass Sergeant Jackrum]] in Discworld/MonstrousRegiment. Has been the SergeantRock for years, so is considerably annoyed that higher-ups want to remove him from his post. He follows the "retirement" procedure, and has a corporal recruit him right back and promote him to sergeant.
** Sergeant Colon of the Ankh-Morpork Night Watch is described as "a sergeant-shaped peg having found a sergeant-shaped hole very early in its career". The one time he ''is'' promoted (because Vimes and Carrot are out of town), he's in way over his head and becomes TheNeidermeyer. [[StatusQuoIsGod Everything goes back to normal once Carrot returns.]]
* One of CiaphasCain's regular discipline problems in his first assignment is disheartened to learn that he's been promoted following a particularly heroic action. Cain reassures him, telling him that knowing him, he won't keep his stripes for long.