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ticket-punching
noun
in the military, nearly automatic promotion from rank to rank with short periods in combat to justify the promotion US- The real reason, which held true for the Marine Corps too and which explained why the practice was derisively called “ticket-punching,” was a mechanistic promotion process. — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, p. 650, 1988
- So it has a name, I thought: ticket punching – the syndrome that had me chasing down that elusive degree. — David H. Hackworth, About Face, p. 348, 1989
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