Since my name did not come up on the January promotion list, how can I get this fixed so that my promotion will reflect January 1st?

SFC (Join to see) I will sgt, thank you.

SSG Lyle O'Rorke Thanks. I try to as best as possible.

It happens, sometimes you can be put on the list later, it happened to me. Regardless, congrats and commiserations.

This a fantastic example of this community helping each other out. Thanks for being a stellar NCO SFC.

That shouldn't be, my apft is good and my weapons qual... I should still be promotable. My erb says I am.

Then you need to speak with chain-of-command and find out if there is any sort of non-promotion counseling in your packet. Since you should already have been counseled and be aware of this, check and see if it has been removed from the record or listed as resolved in later counselings. If you believe all of the promotions you are to receive are automatic or deserved because you've "done your time," you are wrong. I'm going to assume that neither is the case, but make sure there are no bars of any type that you can think of or imagine might be holding back a promotion. As SGT Matthew Kletzel is correct in that the paperwork going through HRC is taking time and depending on when it reached them for processing. Remember that the Army keeps it's own schedule! I've known an E-6 (P) who (in his own words when he addressed us as our PS) stated he was waiting on the Army to formally promote him to E-7. If I recall, that didn't happen for up to six months later. It comes easier and sooner for E-5's, but you should have been in long enough to know that YOU don't determine when you get pinned, your chain-of-command does. If memory serves, they can still hold back the pinning even if your ERB reflects a higher rank. That might be some old BS I heard, but I have seen it done to done to E-3's presuming they could throw on rank when they wanted to not when it was permitted by command.

SGT Jim Wiseman - What you said about pinning I have observed as well BUT....and this is a very minor point but local chain of command can be overridden in the "when to pin" decision by ABCMR. Happened to me. Promotion orders signed by a one star General and stated "promote immediately and without delay". The MEPS screwed up my college credit for rank accounting so I filed with ABCMR after I was assigned my first unit. So just a minor point if the promotion is to correct a past mistake, local chain of command cannot interfere with it if so stated on the orders.

Yah, everything checks out. Short of S1 responding to me. I'm training room so I have access to most stuff.

SSG (Join to see) I know of an NCO who recently found out his promotion had been getting delayed since 2013, because the NCO Academy had not inputted his ALC 1059 correctly in the system.

SPC(P) (Join to see), make sure to check this as well. The Army won't backdate promotion due to other people's mistakes. The onus is ALWAYS put back on the Soldier for not having done more to correct their own problems, even if you went through all of the appropriate channels. According to para 3-18a(2), AR600-8-19, you can email your BLC 1059 to HRC yourself, without going through your S1. Here is the email from the regulation: [login to see] ; I had to do this when I graduated SLC, in order to get my promotions orders for E-7 the following month. Here is the excerpt from the regulation:

"(2) Basic Leader Course. Soldiers competing for selection to SGT do not receive promotion points for completion of BLC (BLC completion is a requirement to fully qualify for promotion to SGT). For Soldiers in possession of a DA Form 1059 (Service School Academic Evaluation Report), and no course graduate entry in ATRRS, eMILPO, and/or EDAS, a copy of the DA Form 1059 must be sent to the Commander, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, 1600 Spearhead Division Avenue, Fort Knox, KY 40122–5407 (or the appropriate RSC for TPU Soldiers) or email [login to see] for validation, inclusion into ATRRS, and update of appropriate military education level and military education status in the TAPDB or applicable system. Graduation of BLC must be made a matter of record no later than the 8th calendar day of each board month (refer to fig 3–3) in order to fully qualify the Soldier for promotion pin-on to SGT. In recognition of academic excellence, graduates of BLC:"

SFC (Join to see) I will do this asap.

SPC(P) (Join to see) Scratch that. See my comment about you being on the promo list. You're good to go.

SFC (Join to see) what?

Points for 11B have been 40 for 3 years I doubt it went up... lol

I messaged my 1sg. So thank you. Waiting on a response from S1 and 1SG.

SPC(P) (Join to see) - So just to give you a heads up. This won't ever happen again but back in the Early 1980's when I was in the Army was experimenting with what are called COHORT companies. Thats where the Infantry OSUT training company all gets the same first unit assignment, promoted at the same time, etc. What they failed to consider was the effect it would have on SGT level promotions with everyone reaching SPC(p) at the same time. Now as a PFC when it happened I thought it was somewhat humorous that about 1/2 to 2/3 of my Infantry company was SPC and none of them were getting promoted. The month after the Army bumped the points for 11 Series up to like 950 total to make SGT. Some of the SPC(p)'s were really PO'd, and ETS'd over it. So in 6-7 months the Army cleared the mess via involuntary ETS and reclassing. Anyways thats how I know about all this. Happened in 1984 or 1985. It won't happen that badly again because the Army doesn't have the COHORT company concept anymore which caused the issue of the promotion logjam (they learned the lesson back then).