"Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
news:41475FB9.D6DBA0B1@yahoo.co.jp...
> Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
>
> > "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:ci771b$uud@odak26.prod.google.com...
> > >
> > > Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> > > > http://tinyurl.com/4lw5m
> > > >
> > > > "Jenkins will also receive pay of about 360,000 yen a
> > > > month."
> > > >
> > > > Is that really what Army pay for a staff sergeant is
> > > > these days, plus housing, etc., or are they taking into
> > > > account he's been "in" for about 40 years?
> > > >
> > > Nice.
> >
> > Enlisted pay scale is here
> > http://tinyurl.com/6fmub
> >
> > I believe an army staff SSGT is E6
>
> I could have sworn an army staff sergeant is E-5, with four
> stripes, but a photo of "staff sergeant" Jenkins in new uniform
> this week only shows him with three stripes. Why?

Air Force staff sergeant is E-5 with four stripes.
Army staff sergeant is E-6 with four stripes.

http://tinyurl.com/5aupe


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Ryan Ginstrom
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