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I was in the Navy for 10 years and got out as a E-5. 6 months later i joined the Army a dropped rank to an E-4. I read that i should be eligiable for promotion after 6 months but thats not the case. My S-1 shop states that my Navy prior service doesn't count and i have to wait till i have 2 years in the Army to get promoted. Is there any truth to this? Am i really stuck as a E-4 for another 1 1/2 years? I'm not asking for a promotion to be givin to me but i would atleast like a shot at it. If this is the way it's going to be i should have stayed where i was. Any advice would be great. Thanks
Hi Rich,
You may wish to read my article, "Knowledge is Power" at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/publicationsregulations/a/knowledge.htm
After reading this article, what are you going to do????
Are you going to trust what your S-1 shop tells you, or are you going to read through the Army Enlisted Promotion Regulation at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/armyreg/l/blar600819.htm to find out what the *real* promotion criteria is?
I'll leave the rest as an "instructional exercise for the student." Can you "decipher" what the Army enlisted promotion regulation says? If so, then you may be deserving of promotion to E-5. If not, then how in the heck would you expect to act as an NCO and advise your subordinates about promotion requirements?
In other words, I hope I've taught you how to fish, instead of giving you the fish to eat.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military Information site at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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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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