Solution to the problem......... Join the Army! :grin:We do not take tests for promotion! Just kick azz on your PT test, shoot expert, be a stud at your promotion board, complete military education courses, and demonstrate leadership potential and bam you are an E6! Well, it is a little more complicated than that, but in my previous world if some pouge azz training dude tried to dime one of my Joe's out for something stupid like that I would go eat his heart for lunch. Random NCO's writing counseling statements on other NCO's Joes just does not float in the Army. I lived on an Air Force base for two years. I was really suprised at the differences between the two services. They have different concepts of discipline and bearing. Case in point, when I saw Airmen with their PT shirts untucked I almost lost my mind. I remember Joe's getting smoked for the wrong PT socks. My USAF MSG neighbor explained to me that they had no requirement to tuck the shirt. The Sir thing kind of bothered me also. When I was in uniform I got Sir'ed to death. Kind of made me laugh! On the other hand any old USAF dude with a plethora of stripes pointing up I just called Sergeant Major, so I guess it works both ways. The whole USAF 1SG thing is kind of confusing also but that is another story. For two services that share a common origin it is suprising how they have diverged from one another. Atleast your rank is not what job you do! Good job Navy! Hang in there tiger it won't come to anything hopefully someone will detect the Toolbagism.