The speaker held the rank of E-4 in the military in 2005.
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None of the sources identifies the podcast speaker or records their military rank in 2005, so the claim cannot be graded.
What was said
… It seems reasonable. The most reasonable answer is, "Not at all." We did, we did discuss it. Okay, no, honestly, we met in the military, yeah, uh, 2005 ish. Uh, we were in the same unit, but the we didn't like what rank was I in 2005? I was a four PV two. Yeah, it was in e four, and we're on the range. We're watching the Navy. Some of these Navy guys can't really shoot, and they don't have a lot of experience with weapons, and there was this, ah, thick female not fat. …
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Context. The sources are general references on military paygrades and rank insignia (E-4 covers Army corporal and specialist, Navy petty officer third class, Air Force senior airman, and others) but none mentions this speaker.[2][3][6]
Context. The Congressional Record and FactCheck.org items concern unrelated people and topics and do not address the claimant's rank.[1][4][5]
Context. The claimant's own passage says "I was a four PV two" and "it was in e four"; the sources do not tie either statement to the speaker, and the passage cannot corroborate itself.
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 4 primary, 1 not rated
- 1veterans Archives - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2U.S. Military Rank Insigniawar.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Military Rank Abbreviations > DINFOS Pavilion > Articlepavilion.dinfos.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Congressional Recordcongress.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 1govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 6Military Ranks: Everything You Need to Knowmilitary.com · not rated · cited for: context
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