Can you get automatic promotion to E5?

New Army rule automatically sends qualified specialists, sergeants to promotion boards. If you're an E-4 or E-5 looking to move up in the world, you used to be at the mercy of your command for a recommendation to go to a promotion board.
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How do you get E5 promotable?

To be placed on the promotion "recommended list," a soldier eligible for promotion to E-5 must achieve a minimum of 350 combined administrative and board points. A soldier eligible for promotion to E-6 must have at least 450 total promotion points.
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Can you get promoted to E5 without BLC?

All soldiers attending BLC must first be recommended for promotion to sergeant. This change goes into effect on June 1, 2022, for active-duty soldiers and Oct. 1, 2022, for reservists.
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Can you get an automatic promotion status in the Army?

The new rule, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2022, and extends through the entire calendar year, allows all enlisted members in ranks from specialist to master sergeant to be promoted without mandatory schools.
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Can you get Waivered to SGT?

The time-in-grade requirement for attaining eligibility for promotion to SGT is eight months as a corporal or specialist (CPL/SPC), waiverable to four months for those recommended in the secondary zone.
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How long can you be an E-5 in the Army?

The old RCP allowed Soldiers to stay an E-5 for up to 20 years of service if they were promotable. That will be reduced to 15 years if they are on the promotion list and 13 years if not. Beginning June 1, the RCP for privates through privates first class will decrease from eight years service to only five years.
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How do automatic promotions work in the Army?

The battalion human resources staff completes most of the processing of automatic promotions. They generate personnel reports of eligible soldiers, check personnel records for accuracy and apply waivers to create an advancement report. The commander then reviews the report to approve or deny each promotion.
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Can an NCO date a lower enlisted soldier?

Certain types of personal relationships between officers and enlisted Soldiers, or NCOs and junior enlisted Soldiers, are prohibited. Prohibited relationships include the following: (1) Ongoing business relationships between officers and enlisted personnel, or NCOs and junior enlisted Soldiers.
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Why did the Army get rid of specialist ranks?

Elder goes on to explain, "In 1968 when the Army added the rank of command sergeant major, the specialist ranks at E-8 and E-9 were abolished", because they were notional rather than actual.
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Can you make staff sergeant in 4 years?

In order to be eligible to be considered for promotion by the board, Marines must meet the following Time-in-Service (TIS) and Time-in-Grade (TIG) requirements: Staff Sergeant (E-6) - 4 years TIS and 24 months TIG. Gunnery Sergeant (E-7) - 6 years TIS and 3 years TIG.
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Do you need BLC for SGT?

e. To SGT must graduate the Basic Leader Course (BLC) before they are eligible for consideration for promotion pin-on to SGT, IAW AR 600-8-19, paragraph 1-29 a (2).
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Can an NCO be promoted to officer?

Normally, enlisted service members or non-commissioned officers cannot attain commissioned officer rank through regular promotion.
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What are the TIS and TIG requirements for promotion to SGT?

To Sergeant:

47 months' time-in-service to be eligible for promotion at 48 months' TIS. 11 months' time-in-grade to be eligible for promotion at 12 months' TIG. Must be a graduate of SSD-1. Must have 90 days or more remaining on their enlistment as of the month they are integrated onto the E-5 recommended list.
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How long does it take to promote from E-4 to e5 Army?

If you are an exceptional soldier, who has been nominated by your commanding officer, or if there is an exceptional need for officers at the next pay grade, you may be eligible to appear the promotion board, if you have completed 16 months of service, of which four months or more were at the E-4 pay grade.
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What rank do most enlisted retire at?

It is reasonable to assume that the average enlisted member will be able to retire at 20 years having achieved the rank of E-7, and the average officer should be able to retire at 20 years at the rank of O-5.
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Can an NCO marry a private?

Dating & intimate relationships between NCOs and junior enlisted soldiers is prohibited. Marriage will not prevent command action for the fraternization prior to the marriage.
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Can a Sgt date a SFC?

Explanation. Yes, this relationship is acceptable under Army policy. While intimate relationships between officer and enlisted personnel are prohibited, team-building associations are exempt from this prohibition.
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Can an NCO marry an officer?

Military Marriage Rules

A set of rules also govern "military fraternization." Among other prohibitions, those rules generally say that an enlisted member and an officer cannot marry.
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How can I promote faster in the Army?

Here are some of the ways to get promoted faster in the military.
  1. Contract PFC (E-2)
  2. Fast Track LCpl (E-3)
  3. Fitness.
  4. “Message to Garcia”
  5. Extreme Ownership.
  6. Know your $hit.
  7. Dependability.
  8. Above and Beyond.
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How fast can you move up ranks in the Army?

As stated by the Enlisted Promotions and Reductions Regulation protocol, skirmishes might cause you to have to wait up to one year for promotion. But you should move from your initial E1 ranking to an E4 ranking without a hitch within 18 months to three years, at most.
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How much time does it take from e5 to e6 in Army?

Board appearance is 82 months TIS/eight months TIG. Earliest promotion after 84 months TIS/ten months TIG.
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Can you retire as e5?

The Navy's largest paygrade is E-5, with over 62,000 sailors currently serving at that paygrade. Until 2005, an active-duty sailor could retire as an E-5, but since then, the service dropped the time limit at the rank to 14 years of service.
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Does a 2nd Lt outrank a SGT major?

The LT absolutely does not outrank the sergeant major or first sergeant.
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Can you deny a promotion in the Army?

aa. Question: Can a Soldier refuse to attend a promotion board? Answer: A Soldier cannot refuse to attend a promotion board. Soldiers who are required or recommended for promotion by the CCDR will appear before the board.
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