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Subject: How Do You Exactly Get Promoted in the Military?


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  • 12.10.2012 10:05 PM PDT

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There are a lot of variations between branches, billet, MOS, and enlisted/warrant/commissioned.

I know the Army Medical Corp well, so I'll discuss that in detail. As for the rest of the military I can only give generalizations.

For the medical corp, the primary driving factor for promoting is education type and level. For example, a nurse with an associates degree will not get promoted as fast as a nurse with a bachelors. In fact, a nurse with an associates cannot be promoted past captain (O-3) until they get their BSN. Physicians are typically promoted as soon as possible, to encourage retention.

I was direct commissioned as a Second Lieutenant (O-1) during medical school. Upon completion of medical school I was directly promoted to a Captain (O-3). I was never a First Lieutenant (O-2), and will never be one unless I get in trouble. Physicians are typically fast tracked to Colonel as long as they stay in, with most hitting O-6 in about 13-15 years. I'll likely get my Major (O-4) in 2015.

As for the rest of the Army a huge portion is time, recommendations, and continuing education.

  • 12.10.2012 10:18 PM PDT

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It's incredibly hard and takes a lot of time.

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  • 12.10.2012 10:21 PM PDT

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I know that infantry marines often go four years and leave as a LCPL (lvl3), and a above-average (not excellent) marine can go four years and leave as a sergeant (lvl5)

...so it's not all about branch. It also has to do with specific MOS.

  • 12.10.2012 10:45 PM PDT

Getting kills, capturing headquarters, etc.

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Posted by: oaklandp8ntbalr
It's incredibly hard and takes a lot of time.


Not if you're infantry and know what you're doing.

  • 12.10.2012 10:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: Buddha Milk

Posted by: oaklandp8ntbalr
It's incredibly hard and takes a lot of time.


Not if you're infantry and know what you're doing.


Are you sure you know what you're talking about?

  • 12.10.2012 10:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: Acres 057

Posted by: Buddha Milk

Posted by: oaklandp8ntbalr
It's incredibly hard and takes a lot of time.


Not if you're infantry and know what you're doing.


Are you sure you know what you're talking about?


Getting to an E5 in the Army doesn't take as long as people think. It's the ranks after that that take a long time.

[Edited on 12.10.2012 10:58 PM PST]

  • 12.10.2012 10:58 PM PDT

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Posted by: Acres 057

Posted by: Buddha Milk

Posted by: oaklandp8ntbalr
It's incredibly hard and takes a lot of time.


Not if you're infantry and know what you're doing.


Are you sure you know what you're talking about?

Yeah, once you hit Lieutenant the average promotion times go way up into years between ranks. They only need a certain amount of officers, so the spots are really competitive and if you get passed over you might not get another promotion chance for a long time.

  • 12.10.2012 11:00 PM PDT

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In the Canadian military, you usually have to complete a course. We don't just hand out promotions and just assume the rank means something, we make sure that the rank means something. Each rank has it's set of qualifications that need to be met. It's a bit different when it comes to officer ranks, where you have to be recommended by your superiors for an advance in a leadership roll- but overall, you need to qualify for the rank first.

  • 12.10.2012 11:01 PM PDT

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Posted by: westpointusma15
Are you sure you know what you're talking about?[/quote]
Yeah, once you hit Lieutenant the average promotion times go way up into years between ranks. They only need a certain amount of officers, so the spots are really competitive and if you get passed over you might not get another promotion chance for a long time.

Lieutenant is an officer rank- meaning you had to join the military as an officer. I've come across 3 men that have gotten their commission without enrolling as an officer, and it took them decades. 2-3 decades.

  • 12.10.2012 11:03 PM PDT

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You get a certain amount of xp per mission I hear

Kills too.


if you get enough kills you can drop nukes on enemies
Ya, I heard about that... I think its 25?

  • 12.10.2012 11:18 PM PDT

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Posted by: doogoon

Posted by: westpointusma15
Are you sure you know what you're talking about?[/quote]
Yeah, once you hit Lieutenant the average promotion times go way up into years between ranks. They only need a certain amount of officers, so the spots are really competitive and if you get passed over you might not get another promotion chance for a long time.

Lieutenant is an officer rank- meaning you had to join the military as an officer. I've come across 3 men that have gotten their commission without enrolling as an officer, and it took them decades. 2-3 decades.

Yeah, you have to go get a college degree (not necessarily leave the military to get it, usually they will pay for it) and/or go to an officer candidate school (depending on the branch)

NCO to officer promotions through other means are very hard to come by.

  • 12.10.2012 11:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: westpointusma15

Posted by: doogoon

Posted by: westpointusma15
Are you sure you know what you're talking about?[/quote]
Yeah, once you hit Lieutenant the average promotion times go way up into years between ranks. They only need a certain amount of officers, so the spots are really competitive and if you get passed over you might not get another promotion chance for a long time.

Lieutenant is an officer rank- meaning you had to join the military as an officer. I've come across 3 men that have gotten their commission without enrolling as an officer, and it took them decades. 2-3 decades.

Yeah, you have to go get a college degree (not necessarily leave the military to get it, usually they will pay for it) and/or go to an officer candidate school (depending on the branch)

NCO to officer promotions through other means are very hard to come by.

That's interesting. It's very different here. You have to either enroll as an officer, or get promoted to one. (which takes about 30 years) Fastest I've ever heard anyone get to Sergeant is 8 years, and he hears a lot from that for getting there so fast.

On top of that too, you can't enroll as an officer without a university degree.

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  • 12.10.2012 11:24 PM PDT

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Posted by: Buddha Milk

Posted by: Acres 057

Posted by: Buddha Milk

Posted by: oaklandp8ntbalr
It's incredibly hard and takes a lot of time.


Not if you're infantry and know what you're doing.


Are you sure you know what you're talking about?


Getting to an E5 in the Army doesn't take as long as people think. It's the ranks after that that take a long time.


There's another branch of the US military which has infantry that doesn't promote you for time in service beyond E3.

  • 12.10.2012 11:28 PM PDT

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Headshots.

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Technically you don't get 'promoted' until you reach Officer Ranks. You get 'advanced' in the Enlisted Ranks.

  • 12.11.2012 12:05 AM PDT

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Posted by: GhostLink2401
Technically you don't get 'promoted' until you reach Officer Ranks. You get 'advanced' in the Enlisted Ranks.

Tell that to the guys who bought everyone beer last week.

  • 12.11.2012 12:08 AM PDT

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  • 12.11.2012 12:09 AM PDT
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Posted by: Egerspurge
Baby kill count.
I still don't understand why babies are 2 points, and adult civilians are only worth 1 point. I mean, the baby doesn't even know what's happening when the missle smashes them; the more refined adult terror needs to be taken into account I think.

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