The equivalent Marine rank (E-3) is Lance Corporal. The Marines do use the
rank of Private First Class, but it is one grade lower, the equivalent of an
Army Private (E-2).
And, with a nod to Shmuel ("Give me back my Air Force") , the Air Force
equivalent is A1C (Airman First Class), which may be confusing to people
diagnosed with diabetes. :-)
Bob
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On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 05:10:36 AM you wrote:
> PFC = Private First Class. An Army rank. The Marines may also use it.
>
>
> Lloyd
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Mon, April 16, 2012 7:27:30 PM
> Subject: Re: GO TO "cobol"
>
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:45:21 -0500, Matthew Stitt wrote:
> >You could have the exact same result by placing a period
> >after the "2000-exit". Then the End-if is not needed.
> >
> ><gd,r>
>
> I sure am glad that COBOL attained its design objective
> of being intelligible (intuitively? unambiguously?) to a
> PFC-level programmer with only an understanding of
> vernacular English.
>
> (Is "PFC" a Navy rank?)
>
> -- gil
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