Curious that the Marine Corps chose to call a 19 Marine unit a platoon, when it is clearly Section sized. Could they have done that so it would rate a Technical Sergeant instead of a Staff Sergeant or do I have my early Cold War rank terminology mixed up?
The authors of tables of organization possess deep magic, eldritch knowledge well beyond the ken of mere mortals. Either that, or somebody at HQ USMC flipped a coin. (A technical sergeant in 1957 stood upon the second highest of the seven enlisted pay grades. That is, he was senior to a staff sergeant and junior to a master sergeant.)
Curious that the Marine Corps chose to call a 19 Marine unit a platoon, when it is clearly Section sized. Could they have done that so it would rate a Technical Sergeant instead of a Staff Sergeant or do I have my early Cold War rank terminology mixed up?
The authors of tables of organization possess deep magic, eldritch knowledge well beyond the ken of mere mortals. Either that, or somebody at HQ USMC flipped a coin. (A technical sergeant in 1957 stood upon the second highest of the seven enlisted pay grades. That is, he was senior to a staff sergeant and junior to a master sergeant.)
“…eldritch knowledge well beyond the ken of mere mortals.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣