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?

Certain MOSs give automatic promotion to SGT such as 17C or 35L. You don't need to wait till your Reenlistment to request. All you need is to submit a packet. For 35L talk to your S2 for more information.

I walked the line of a soldier that was motivated and always seemed knowledge to further my experience. I was never sent to the board, or even laterally appointed. Meanwhile, a few of my battles got article 15s, one for dui. No jail time. Got sent to WLC, just as the other did. I was denied WLC, and overlooked. I'm not crying and miserable about it, so I will say, score well on your pt test, correspondence courses, college credits, award ribbons if possible, and master your weapon. If you show you have a desire for leadership, someone will take notice. Memorize the NCO Creed, the soldiers Creed. Bust your ass is what I'm saying. Just remember, leaders have to know their soldiers, so respect your peers. You can never stop learning, and never forget how to follow. Good luck.

To put it bluntly. Work for it.

SGT and SSG are no longer handed to you, just for hanging out long enough... that only works for PV2 through SPC. Part of the selection to the junior NCO ranks, is to earn the points to get promoted. It is now entirely on you, to earn the awards, ask for and successfully complete the schools. complete correspondence and college courses, and to improve your PT score.

As some have previously mentioned, it may also be the time to reconsider which MOS is best for you.

I will state this once more getting deployed will not get you promoted, but having all (SSD's), as many as you can complete, and WLC, BNOC COMMON CORE, ALC, also meeting height , and weight, a passing PT, marksmanship, stay away from having profiles, and to help all that out get a good enlisted evaluation from your first line leader, and your senior leaders. If you get all that done, all you have to do is wait for it, and your promotion will come .

Max out correspondence courses, max pt test. Volunteer for military schools like airborne, airassult, ranger, anything to get your points up. Then there is always the option to change your MOS. You have to show your leadership you are ready and deserving to be a NCO. It's not just a paycheck, it becomes your job where your MOS becomes secondary.

Work at being a leader and then max all the areas where points and given.

There is only one best way, one that is fool proof and guaranteed.
It's RANGER SCHOOL!!!
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There is no best way to get promoted while waiting for maxed points. There is only so much that you can do on your own to raise your points. PT score as high as you can get it? Tried to shoot 40 out of 40? Did correspondence courses? Gone to college? All of this is under your control and will raise your points. There is a time where you can do nothing more to raise points. You must depend on your leadership to award you for your performance, and send you to military schools such as WLC or other 40 hour courses that will raise your military education. All I could say is volunteer for schools and tasks that an E-5 would normally be selected for. Get your name out there, make your leadership trust in you to send to school and then bring back that education to teach your company what you learned. I know how you feel, I am an E-5 promotable in an MOS with maxed points. I have done what I could and now I am just playing the waiting game. If the Army doesn't want us promoted then it won't happen. Eventually a space will open up and you will get your rank. Just remember that the rank doesn't make a leader, ensure that you don't forget why you want to lead soldiers.

Good luck on that one brother! That was the problem when I was in the Army during the first draw down thanks to Clinton.

My advice would be to look into a voluntary reclass or just do everything you can to start maxing everything you can. My points were up at 798 and I just started chipping away at everything I had control of (ranges, pt, education, Web based training) and eventually points dropped a little and I was fortunate to get picked up.