Posted on Feb 3, 2021
If I didn't get promoted due to being flagged and under investigation, but was found not guilty, how can I get the promotion I missed?
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I was flagged for an investigation for 9 months and I was found not guilty and all my charges were dropped and I also was not punished. I wanted to know how do I get the rank I was supposed to have while I was flagged or if I even can get that rank back?
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I did. Already told my first line. They still haven’t talked told the commander... that’s out of my control.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
PVT (Join to see) - As I said below no it isn't. Open door policy. If your first line won't do what they need to do, go to the PSG/NCOIC and keep going until someone listens.
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You are eligible to be promoted to PV2 now. In order to have your rank back dated to when you would have received it, your flag would have had to be closed favorably and you would have to have been not at fault. That doesn't mean you escaped with no punishment, but that your company commander states that you never should have been flagged in the first place. That only applies for advancement (not promotion) up to E4.
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I would reach out to your chain of command, and the JAG.
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There is also another aspect of life. What kind of thin ice are you treading on?
If I had a soldier held up by trouble they were otherwise not a part of I would go out of my way as a commander make the effort to retroactively advance them in rank, and get them back pay from DOR.
Now, more often than we care to admit, soldiers get away with stuff because of an administrative lacking on the Army's part that causes problems in the judicial process of investigating and punishing soldiers. So then there's the aspect of "don't press your luck", and quietly get the next promotion window.
You are in a special place as a PV1-SPC. Many mistakes wont follow you in iPerm's or NCOER's. Enjoy it while you can.
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There is also another aspect of life. What kind of thin ice are you treading on?
If I had a soldier held up by trouble they were otherwise not a part of I would go out of my way as a commander make the effort to retroactively advance them in rank, and get them back pay from DOR.
Now, more often than we care to admit, soldiers get away with stuff because of an administrative lacking on the Army's part that causes problems in the judicial process of investigating and punishing soldiers. So then there's the aspect of "don't press your luck", and quietly get the next promotion window.
You are in a special place as a PV1-SPC. Many mistakes wont follow you in iPerm's or NCOER's. Enjoy it while you can.
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I haven’t been in any double prior to that or after. But thank you I appreciate that advice.
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