What's some of the situational questions you were asked during the promotion board? Or practice boards?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:42:58 -0500

Response by SFC Josh Billingsley made Jan 11 at 2017 5:45 PM

SFC Josh Billingsley — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:45:14 -0500

"One of your underage Soldiers calls you drunk at 2:30 am on a Friday night...how do you handle it and do you inform your Chain of Command?"
I gave my answer, not sure if was the answer I was looking for, but I passed the board.
I would pick them up, dust them off, but handle internally as they called me instead of driving drunk...let them know if it happened again I would not just destroy them in the pit, but their career would be over as well

Response by SFC Josh Billingsley made Jan 11 at 2017 5:55 PM

SFC Josh Billingsley — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 17:55:15 -0500

You can also expect questions about Soldiers with marital and finance issues, how to handle drug abuse, adverse counseling, etc... Know your Army programs in the event you have to speak about referring a Soldier to one (i.e. AER, EFMP, ACS, Military One Source, etc...)

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Jan 12 at 2017 1:06 AM

CSM Michael J. Uhlig — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:06:38 -0500

Doctrinally (by regulation), situational questions are not to be asked at promotion boards. Make sure you are grounded in doctrine SGT Private RallyPoint Member. Look at the promotion board MOI, all topics as well as the members & conduct of the board will be included in the MOI. Good luck & handle your business!

Response by Cpl Justin Goolsby made Jan 12 at 2017 11:09 AM

Cpl Justin Goolsby — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:09:57 -0500

The biggest questions I've seen on boards are either based in history/tradition or rules and regulations.

One of the more popular questions is typically asking males about female uniform regulations and asking females about male uniform regulations. It's funny how many people don't bother learning the regulations that the opposite sex has to adhere to.