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.
Honoring Occupational Therapists at WTUs. Sergeant L. M. (left) is an Army medic who is working at the Fort Hood pharmacy while in the Warrior Transition Unit. Occupational therapy placed her at this work therapy site in support of her goal to become a pharmacist upon completion of a medical board discharge. (2008)