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About Rod Powers
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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Expert: Rod Powers - 11/2/2009
Question
If you are activated and you come up for promotion are you competing against reservist or active duty?
Answer
Hi Lynette,
You are under the Reserve promotion program. That's because, unlike active duty, Reserve promotion slots are based on slots available within the specific unit.
The active duty services have the option of PCSing a member who gets promoted if there aren't any slots for that promotion within the unit. The Reserves don't have that option, which is why you remain under the Reserve system, even if you are currently activated.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my US Military information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com.
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
About.com US Military Guide
http://usmilitary.about.com
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