SGT Private RallyPoint Member 7363381 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was supposed to get pinned SGT but my promotion certificate says I was promoted to SSG. I didn’t think that was real. Can a BN Commander promote a CPL to SSG? 2021-11-10T21:45:06-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 7363381 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was supposed to get pinned SGT but my promotion certificate says I was promoted to SSG. I didn’t think that was real. Can a BN Commander promote a CPL to SSG? 2021-11-10T21:45:06-05:00 2021-11-10T21:45:06-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 7363387 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1676843" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1676843-31b-military-police-39th-mp-728th-mp">SGT Private RallyPoint Member</a> Count your blessings... Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 10 at 2021 9:48 PM 2021-11-10T21:48:34-05:00 2021-11-10T21:48:34-05:00 SGM Private RallyPoint Member 7363406 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That is a typo on a certificate, and a certificate is something for framing.<br />What will promote you is a promotion order, and that will say SGT.<br /><br />AR 600-8-19 spells out the requirement for promotion to SSG, and it includes time as a SGT and completion of ALC. Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 10 at 2021 10:01 PM 2021-11-10T22:01:36-05:00 2021-11-10T22:01:36-05:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 7363444 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What does your Promotion Orders say? Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 10 at 2021 10:41 PM 2021-11-10T22:41:17-05:00 2021-11-10T22:41:17-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 7364857 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That was probably a typo. A promotion certificate doesn&#39;t really mean anything. Your promotion orders are what matters. Someone in S1 messed up and they and your BC missed it. Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 11 at 2021 6:05 PM 2021-11-11T18:05:54-05:00 2021-11-11T18:05:54-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 7368268 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There&#39;s a Private Benjamin episode like this (did I just date myself). <br /><br />Fixing it could result in her getting SGM next. Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 14 at 2021 1:17 AM 2021-11-14T01:17:36-05:00 2021-11-14T01:17:36-05:00 2021-11-10T21:45:06-05:00