What are the best ways to get promoted to E-5, even though your promotion points are at 798 and you have not been deployed?

Reclassing is a foolproof answer that everyone is saying so I wont go into detail. If you haven't gotten a college degree, there is problem #1. Maxing correspondence is another good one. Also try to look into airborne school, as the airborne advantage is a great leg up for those who are in an airborne coded position.

Join the national guard band.

That had been a question since before I enlisted in 1987.....I can only tell you to work your rear-end off and acquire the max points you are capable of while doing the utmost to perform your job to the best of your abilities, I got promoted to SSG back in 1993 in the secondary zone, 913 points is what I had.....there are no easy answers other than your hard work!!

Where are your points at now? Have you maximized every category? If you haven't, then you need to look into seeing how you can get as many areas maxed that you can. And then, have patience. Eventually, the points will drop.

Max what you are lacking. If you truly want it, you can achieve it or you can change your MOS and hope for lower a lower cutoff score if that options is available.

Take a look at your points, see what you are missing and work in those areas. Keep working at it piece by piece rather than taking it all on at once.

How does deployment matter SSG (Join to see)? Surely deployment gives you awards, recognition and retirement points; however, there's much that can be done in garrison which earns promotion points too. Don't get fixated on deployment Sergeant. Although deployment can earn a Specialist promotion with a Medal of Honor, which provisions salutes from enlisted and officers alike. The question should be can one earn promotion or a Medal of Honor without deployment?

Best way to get promoted to E5? Start out as an E6!! Lol

Start out as an E6

Earning Tabs, Badges, and Medals(All Army Sports)=Bonus Incentives. Doing Skill-Port courses first.