VPLS can be used to transport Ethernet frames to and from multiple, geographically dispersed sites belonging to a customer Virtual Private Network (VPN). The Provider Edge (PE) devices connecting the customer sites provide functions similar to a Layer 2 switch.
Equivalent Ranks to an Army Master Sergeant A Master Sergeant is a Noncommissioned Officer, with a military paygrade of E-8. The civilian equivalent of this military rank is roughly GS-6 under the federal government's General Schedule payscale.
FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- The Army Training Center and Fort Jackson will welcome Brig. Gen. Bradley A. Becker as its new commanding general in a ceremony at 9 a.m., Aug. 27, at Victory Field adjacent to the Officers' Club. Becker will become the 46th commanding general in Fort Jackson history. Becker will assume command from Brig. Gen. Peggy Combs, who will return to her position as the Commandant of the United States Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.