Is the Date of Rank (DOR) automatically the first day of the promotion month?

SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:45:16 -0500

When I get promoted to SGT, is the DOR automatically the 1st of the promotion month? For example, if promoted in December would my DOR automatically be 1 DEC 2019? PFC Private RallyPoint Member SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG(P) James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" LTC Stephen F. CPL Dave Hoover SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SSG Private RallyPoint Member Capt Dwayne Conyers CPT Jack Durish SGT Private RallyPoint Member SGT Ben Keen

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Nov 26 at 2019 4:50 PM

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:50:23 -0500

I believe it starts the day you are promoted, or the day that they sign the order.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 26 at 2019 4:50 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:50:41 -0500

When the promotion list is published, the DOR is the 1st day of the following month. So if you make the promotion list in November, your DOR is 01DEC2019

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 26 at 2019 4:58 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:58:30 -0500

Possible. It is what ever date is stated within the Promotion orders. For example, my SFC orders were cut on 26 September but the effective DOR was 1 Oct.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 26 at 2019 5:18 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:18:20 -0500

For E5 and above it will always be the first day

Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 26 at 2019 8:04 PM

WO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:04:56 -0500

Yes.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 26 at 2019 10:08 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:08:51 -0500

Do people even look now before they ask random questions?

Response by LTC Ray B. (Ret) made Nov 26 at 2019 11:26 PM

LTC Ray B. (Ret) — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 23:26:56 -0500

Day you pin

Response by GySgt Thomas Vick made Nov 27 at 2019 5:25 PM

GySgt Thomas Vick — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:25:12 -0500

Not always, field promotions, especially in combat situations used to be the day of promotion.