Posted on Jun 3, 2019
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SFC Retention Operations Nco
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If you're a PFC Ranger School graduation is an automatic promotion to E4. As soon as you have the TIS/TIG requirements and are promotable you are given 799 points and promoted to SGT without BLC, with the requirement that you must attend BLC within a year.
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SFC Marc W. it's always been automatic promotion to E4 and max points for E5, but promoting without BLC is a relatively new feature they implemented about a year ago
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SFC Marc W.
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Ok. I knew about the bump to Specialist, not the BLC note.
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SPC Juan Rosas if you are Ranger qualified, your S1 has to email HRC Enlisted Promotions Banch directly to integrate you to the SGT eligible promotion list with 799 points
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SPC Juan Rosas I had this same problem as an E4 in 2006/07 trying to get promoted to SGT. My BDE S1 SGM told me that this only applies to the 75th, but that's not true. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get my promotion corrected and had to make the points for my MOS (667 points 6 months later), but you don't have to suffer. Email the enlisted promotions branch and ask for their guidance on Ranger qualified promotions. You should be integrated immediately after getting your tab and promote a month or two after with the requirement you attend BLC within a year.
Take that email to your S1 immediately to get integrated.

Congratulations on passing Ranger School, Brother. Hit me up on IM if you have more issues
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The Private will still need BLC. It's a requirement in the STEP program.
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The Step program will tell you everything you need to know about promotion.
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SFC Marc W.
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To add to this, BLC is completely different in purpose from Ranger School. One is tactics, one is how to be a Non-Commissioned Officer
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SFC Marc W. - Yes. I don't understand how a Sgt doesn't understand this...
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SFC Marc W.
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SFC(P) (Join to see) To be fair, after WLC I was lost on it's purpose too.
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