Can a BN Commander promote a CPL to SSG? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/can-a-bn-commander-promote-a-cpl-to-ssg <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. Wed, 10 Nov 2021 21:45:06 -0500 Can a BN Commander promote a CPL to SSG? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/can-a-bn-commander-promote-a-cpl-to-ssg <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. SGT Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Nov 2021 21:45:06 -0500 2021-11-10T21:45:06-05:00 Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 10 at 2021 9:48 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/can-a-bn-commander-promote-a-cpl-to-ssg?n=7363387&urlhash=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... SGT Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Nov 2021 21:48:34 -0500 2021-11-10T21:48:34-05:00 Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 10 at 2021 10:01 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/can-a-bn-commander-promote-a-cpl-to-ssg?n=7363406&urlhash=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. SGM Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Nov 2021 22:01:36 -0500 2021-11-10T22:01:36-05:00 Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 10 at 2021 10:41 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/can-a-bn-commander-promote-a-cpl-to-ssg?n=7363444&urlhash=7363444 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What does your Promotion Orders say? MSG Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 10 Nov 2021 22:41:17 -0500 2021-11-10T22:41:17-05:00 Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 11 at 2021 6:05 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/can-a-bn-commander-promote-a-cpl-to-ssg?n=7364857&urlhash=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. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:05:54 -0500 2021-11-11T18:05:54-05:00 Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 14 at 2021 1:17 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/can-a-bn-commander-promote-a-cpl-to-ssg?n=7368268&urlhash=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. CPT Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 14 Nov 2021 01:17:36 -0500 2021-11-14T01:17:36-05:00 2021-11-10T21:45:06-05:00