Posted on Jul 15, 2015
Has anyone received a Battlefield promotion?
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I have never personally met another soldier who was awarded a Battlefield Promotion. I was awarded one for my performance in OIF 2009. Having not actually met anyone else that was awarded one I am curious how common they are.
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In 1970 Chu Lai Vietnam, I received a battlefield promotion from sp4 to Sgt. I was a team leader repairing choppers.
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Yes, I was battlefield promoted to SGT while I was at FOB Warhorse Iraq OIF 09, 25th Infantry SBCT. Did I deserve it? If I didn't, I don't think I would have been a blip on anyones radar. A year prior while gearing up for deployment I had all my points, TIS and had just been awarded an AAR for Top Gun in my Armor platoon when I was selected to be on the commanders PSD as a rear air guard on a stryker. It was like starting over. It was over a year later in a combat zone working as a squad leader OPS NCO (even though I was only a SPC, I had already proven myself, had all the responsibilities of a higher rank and excelled at my job and-oh yea I never bitched about not being promoted) I just knew one day I would have my stripes. Fact is, I was floored when I was pinned and proud but now i am a little disappointed, I would have aced the board. and after reading some other comments about them handing them out like candy and not having physical records of this. Can anyone help/ direct me to get my records of this, Did you receive any paperwork? I was in the combat zone and was pinned with my stripes- got a pay increase, but no paperwork. I would really love to have records of this. I have not been able to find it in my military record other than effective date while we were deployed?
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SGT Earl Boyce
Thanks, I have only accessed DPRIS on Ebenefits and it only shows my last NCOER..I can contact my old CSM and find out I suppose.
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Capt Daniel Goodman
Submit an eVetRecs online to NPRC in St. Louis, call all three Congress offices, and submit Privacy Act (PA) papers, don't lose the eVetRecs red #, sign, date, and fax it back, call 86-NARA-NARA, for the Natl.Archives,.look up their leadership page, you'll see the listing for the NPRC.director, ask for.a.call back or to be switched to the NPRC dir staff, they're most helpful, they can petition Army for.help to dig out the records, ask NPRC for.all your records,.admin/personnel and med/dental, you can get both, you just need to ask for both explicitly, just so you'd have them...the Congress district ofc mil/vet staffers can also ask for a call back for you from the N PRC.did staff, the phone operators can only do.searches to see if they see your eVetRecs red #, they can easily switch you to the dir staff, ask NARA or the Congress types for help with that, ask for a supervisor or mgr at NARA, explain what you're seeking, they're also.quite helpful, honest, an NPRC request takes a month or two, you'll likely get a letter they got it, then it'll be given to a researcher in the reference core as they call it for Army...the 1973 fire affected only Army stuff in their old bldg, so it's depend on when you were in as to whether your stuff for damaged in the fire, hope that all helps, if you wanna chat more, just ask, nonrush, whenever you'd want, OK? We've gotten NPRC dir staff help many time s.for.my stuff and family stuff, honest....
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