Actually I was an E6, but I was promoted to E7 just prior to being medically retired. I was a drill sergeant when I was injured.
I'll make this short. I wanted to go on a 16 mile training road bicycle ride and I had finally talked one of my drill sergeant buddy's into going with me while our partners took the privates to chow. Toward the end of the ride my buddy says that he's not going to make it up the last hill, so I go through a parking lot. I lost control in some pea gravel and ended up going over the top and landing on my head. The Army has real big and my unit was able to successfully keep it from the promotion board that I was lying in a hospital bed when they placed me on the promotion list. They kept me on the books for another six months so that I would get my stripes. The funny thing is the only place that shows up is on my ID card, my separation papers and if I ever decide to use the title. In the 15 years I've been in this chair I have only shown that ID card about 15 times. Quadius On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:26 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > E7 or E8 ? > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 9/30/2010 7:32:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > yes > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:47 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Q, you were a drill Sergeant ?? >> Best Wishes >> >> In a message dated 9/28/2010 5:26:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> I am a C2-3 incomplete who was on a ventilator for about four months. I >> didn't have any problem with paralysis of my vocal chords, but my diaphragm >> doesn't permit me to speak nearly as loudly as before. I cannot even mimic >> some of my older marching cadences I used to use when I was a drill >> sergeant. >> >> I've also noticed that my voice is considerably more raspy than it was >> prior to injury. I almost sound like I am a smoker at times. I guess >> that's just part of post SCI for me. >> Q >> >> >
