3147571 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>New Soldiers arriving to the unit now have their AIT ATRRS course listed under Military Education on their ERB. When looking at their PPW, they are receiving points for this. <br /><br />AR 600-8-19 states, &quot;Courses formally listed in ATRRS are authorized promotion points (exceptions follow) at the rate of four promotion points per week (defined as 40 training hours) of military training. Soldiers receive these points without regard to mandatory training requirements for award of the Soldier’s MOS.&quot;<br /><br />Next section states, &quot;Promotion points are not authorized for NCOES Courses (except as indicated in para 3–18a), MOS-producing courses, all badge-producing courses (see military awards, para 3–17), BCT, advanced individual training, new equipment training, USMAPS/U.S. Military Academy, language training, OCS, and Warrant Officer Candidate Course.&quot;<br /><br />Are these two paragraphs contradicting? Or am I reading this wrong...? 2017-12-05T19:38:07-05:00 3147571

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>New Soldiers arriving to the unit now have their AIT ATRRS course listed under Military Education on their ERB. When looking at their PPW, they are receiving points for this. <br /><br />AR 600-8-19 states, &quot;Courses formally listed in ATRRS are authorized promotion points (exceptions follow) at the rate of four promotion points per week (defined as 40 training hours) of military training. Soldiers receive these points without regard to mandatory training requirements for award of the Soldier’s MOS.&quot;<br /><br />Next section states, &quot;Promotion points are not authorized for NCOES Courses (except as indicated in para 3–18a), MOS-producing courses, all badge-producing courses (see military awards, para 3–17), BCT, advanced individual training, new equipment training, USMAPS/U.S. Military Academy, language training, OCS, and Warrant Officer Candidate Course.&quot;<br /><br />Are these two paragraphs contradicting? Or am I reading this wrong...?

2017-12-05T19:38:07-05:00 2017-12-05T19:38:07-05:00 CPL Private RallyPoint Member 3147742

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>They aren&#39;t contradicting each other, the second paragraph indicates what ATRRS courses aren&#39;t eligible for points.

2017-12-05T20:45:28-05:00 2017-12-05T20:45:28-05:00 SGT Andrew Sherman 3149753

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;ve been out awhile, so my opinion may not matter, but I can see the point of this. A person that has 4 weeks of AIT along with basic training under their belt, is the smallest investment the Army can make into an individual. If they send someone to basic and then a 2 year course on some crazy intel stuff, that time and money investment into training that person might need to be protected a little bit by promoting that individual so they&#39;re incentivized to stay in. That could already happen, I don&#39;t know. If everyone gets it for AIT then in a sense, it actually promotes the people whom the Army sees as more valuable because of their investment level.

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