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.
Military grades at or above O-3, W-3, and E-7 and civilian grades GS-11 and above whose duties or positions require knowledge of airspace management at the wing level and above. Supervisor and management personnel of air traffic control facilities who provide support services for DOD flight.