I put on E4 today. It's an automatic advancement with my rate once I graduated A-school and had at least 6 months in service. So, while I didn't do too much to earn it, it will be a nice pay raise and will hopefully keep me out of FSA and Cranking (not holding my breath on either of those though) once I get to the fleet.
It's amazing what a pair of shirt stays and a little shoe polish will do to a uniform. Room full of turds they were... Even the E7 and O3 doing the take and shake were wearing uniforms that appeared to have either just been unfolded (Chief) or almost completely untucked in the back (LT). Even if it is just a bunch of push-button E4 kids, anything that has the word "ceremony" in it should involve some effort to look presentable.
/end rant
It's amazing what a pair of shirt stays and a little shoe polish will do to a uniform. Room full of turds they were... Even the E7 and O3 doing the take and shake were wearing uniforms that appeared to have either just been unfolded (Chief) or almost completely untucked in the back (LT). Even if it is just a bunch of push-button E4 kids, anything that has the word "ceremony" in it should involve some effort to look presentable.
/end rant