I am promotable and need promotion points. Where can I get them?

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Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 11:50 AM

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College

Response by SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 11:55 AM

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I am currently taking college courses but in terms of correspondance courses where can I find them and max out the hours for points?

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 3:45 PM

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Look at your PPW, that will give you a definitive answer as to what areas you need to work on to maximize your points

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 3:47 PM

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Have you transferred your jst. I just did and got 33 credits.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Dec 5 at 2015 3:48 PM

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Have you tried Amazon? They have everything and if you are Prime, you can get them in two work days.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 3:53 PM

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The Gym, max your APFT.

Go to the education center for assistance in signing up for college and having your JST evaluated. Also at the Ed Center sign up to take some CLEP and DSST tests. (Free even if you fail) for more college credit.

Volunteer to earn your MOVSM

Work on BRM fundamentals and keep shooting at the range till you get the beat score you can.

Go to WLC, and do all the SSD you can so yoi can go to ALC.

Look over your PPW to evaluate the areas you can earn your promotion points.

Response by SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 3:59 PM

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Correspondance courses on alms, skill port, and jko. I got about 50 points from those alone.

Response by SGT Kathleen Light made Dec 5 at 2015 4:03 PM

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Check with your education center about doing on line college or credit courses.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 4:05 PM

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It will also depend on your pt and weapons qual if those are good then start working on areas that you haven't maxed such as college, military Ed, and awards

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 4:14 PM

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Just look at your ppw and see what your not maxed on...if you need military Ed, just talk to your schools NCO and they should be able to help you out..

Your ppw will break down everything you need...it's the same process as E4->E5

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 4:27 PM

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College. When you start and complete one course, get your transcripts. You'll get credits for BCT/AIT plus the college classes. One class with Basic will be at least 20 credits, it depends on your MOS. For SSG, I think 2 credits = 1 point.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 4:57 PM

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Do you have ALC?

Response by SSG John Caples made Dec 5 at 2015 5:24 PM

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Ask some of the E-5 THAT JUST GOT PRE-MOTED I AM SURE THEY WILL HELP YOU IN THAT AREA AND YOU SHOULD BE ASKING YOUR TEAM LEADER ANYWAY Hooah

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 6:29 PM

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I know this will be a very unpopular response, but you're now promotable and don't already know the answer to this question?

Instead of such a broad question; instead help us to help you. What have you done thus for to earn your points? List those. So maybe some of the older SMs might be able to give you some commonly overlooked tips.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2015 10:37 PM

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CLEP courses at the education center

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 6 at 2015 3:30 AM

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Transfer your credits from your JST!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 6 at 2015 1:20 PM

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Max out Civilian education.....go to your local Installation Education Center and speak with a counselor about converting your military education (i.e. Basic, AIT, WLC/BLC, ALC, etc.) into civilian education points.

Response by SGT Timothy Rocheleau made Dec 6 at 2015 4:08 PM

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I think it speaks volumes when I read a lost from someone asking "how do I get more promotion points?" Or something similar. As a promotable NCO how do you lead your troops and assist them in preparation for their advancement to the NCO corps? If you don't know how to get yourself the points that you need how are you teaching your subordinates to get theirs? It seems to me that as an NCO this is something you should already know how to do. Start with the basics, are you maxed with your weapons qual, apft and military education? Have you done any civilian education? Are you maxed on awards? If you answered no to any of these questions then you have your first steps to gain more points already set! Now it's time to get to work! As an NCO and leader you should already know this. Maybe you're not yet ready for the next stripe if you can't answer this question yourself. Let the down votes begin from the butthurt who can't handle truth!

Response by SSG Clarence Blackburn made Dec 7 at 2015 3:46 PM

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Max PT and score 40/40 on weapons, correspondent courses, also get your military experience converted into collage credits. That's a start.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 11 at 2015 9:52 AM

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Review your PPW and see where you are able to improve, try to get a better PT Test if you do not have a 300, you can also improved your weapon score. Talk to your troop school NCO and check if they have any classes you can take like Field Sanitation or somethings like that, Remember you are the one that make your career as great as you want

Response by SGT Larry Prentice made Dec 16 at 2015 9:37 PM

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It's been said before but, CIVILIAN EDUCATION trumps most everything else!!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 17 at 2015 8:42 PM

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You need to know the system, if you don't know start off with the cutoff scores for your MOS. You need to know were you stand in relation to those cutoff scores. Get yourself into as many residence courses you can that get you a 1059, on-line courses if I remember are 4 to 1 (meaning 40hrs = 10 promo points).

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 17 at 2015 9:02 PM

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Correspondence courses, civilian college, good PT, and good weapons qual are some of the ways to gain promotion points.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 3 at 2016 4:36 PM

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I point all of my Soldiers to Army eLearning (SkillPort) to do the Microsoft Office courses, at a minimum. If you are going to stay in then you need to get familiar with Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Points and actual benefits. Any other courses you can find that interest you are up to you. Correspondence should be maxed out by everyone.

Response by SSG Mike Busovicki made Jul 5 at 2016 9:35 AM

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I did a ton of correspondence courses to max out the education portion.