Is it legal for PFC to skip SPC and be promoted to CPL without P status (no promotion board experience)?

yes I think so.

I think it depends on how bad they need nco’s in the job. I watched a pv2 get promoted to Spc before, now that was strange.

I have been out for a while (11 Years) but unless something changed a CPL was an E-4 and a PFC was an E-3 so if the position of CPL is allocated by the MTOE then it is perfectly legal and authorized to promote some one from E-3 to E-4 without a board. Promotion boards were designed starting at the with the E-4 to E-5 promotion because the allocated slots were centrally maintained and the board provided the means of promoting based on the points system and cutoff scores. Promotions below E-5 are maintained at the unit level. Again this was the old school way. Not sure how the new Army works.

I did it for one of my soldiers in Iraq In 08.

Unless the rank structure has changed since I got out, SPC and CPL are both E-4. Only the actual position held determines which one you wear.

1. You need to study up on rank. 2. SPC or CPL are E4's , same pay. CPL is the junior NCO and has command authority as such. SPC does not unless assigned as a TL. If your unit has CPL slot in the MTO and wants to do so, they can- not a smart move in my world- cause if they screw the pooch as a CPL, the lateral transfer would be considered a promo bust.

Exactly, if there is an NCO position to be filled and you have a high speed E-3 about to make E-4 and they have the ability to carry out the task and responsibilities yes it can happen. Remember the Rank of Corporal is rewarded in two different ways. A lateral 4187 promotion through your Company command and Battalion or through DA

CPL is a lateral appointment from SPC. Therefore the high-speed Soldier may be promoted in ceremony from PFC to CPL, but an Order to SPC and the appointment are both in his/her Personnel File.

I was medically separated as a SSG, after 13 years of service. I never attended a board...

I was promoted to SGT at Ft. Sill when I was instructing the BFIST commanders course, without any forewarning.

And I was promoted to SSG a short time later as a recruiter, for doing well at my job.

Both promotions were based off of my work ethic and performance.

Although nearly all my responses on here are no longer valid, that CQ thing happened to me as a SP5 once a month minimum for my last 9 months. Oh, we didn't have any P. You either got promoted or you didn't.