Posted on Oct 3, 2015
What's the most unusual way you have seen someone receive notification of promotion?
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My Promotion from PFC to SPC, I was working Staff Duty when the S1 Clerk walked by and noticed my last name went back to his office and handed me my orders like by the way here you go. No ceremony or anything. just here you go. It was Rear D what else can I say.
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SSG John Bacon
Yeah the Company's Command section was in Afghanistan and we had a real piece of work as the rear-D 1SG.
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SrA Mandy Snyder
I know that feeling, mine (the paper) was thrown at me in passing. Fun times. My guys however were awesome.
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Let's see if any one can top this ... I wasn't the best of troops in my younger years but loved being in the field. I'd usually get into some sort of trouble when we were in Garrison. I was a SPC in front of the Battalion Commander for a Field Grade AR-15. As he was reading me the riot act he informed me if it weren't for the infraction I'd have been promoted to SGT. The Legal clerk then informed the COL. that no one flagged my records and I was a SGT. Promoted at the same time getting an AR-15. Oh, BTW, I got a suspended bust, fined, restricted, and extra duty. But that's another story ...
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The notification of the promotion wasn't a big deal, however, the actual location of the promotion was quite impressive. I started out in the Air Force doing a very "Army-like" job. I was in Combat Communications and spent a lot of time working in the field, living in tents, and working on mobilizers and building pallets, etc. I then move to the Army to be a Warrant Officer to fly helicopters. I switch over to UAV's and end up in the Army doing a very "Air Force" job and get my promotion from W2 to W3 on Edwards Air Force Base in the oldest hangar on the base.
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Not really an unusual setting but an E-7 in our squadron got a promotion to E-8 that he didn't see coming. He already put in for retirement and his expression when he was told in a large group that he was the only E-8 promotion in his squadron was priceless. I just wish I could have a picture of my face when they told me I made SMSgt.
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It may not be unusual SMSgt Tony Barnes; but, was notified by a letter several months after I had been promoted to Major. I had been involuntarily separated from active duty in October 1992 and accepted a USAR commission the next day. I started the USA Command and General Staff College in October. I received notification early the following summer just as I was about to go on a two-week annual active duty for training period. It was good news even though there was a significant delay.
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LTC Stephen F.
SMSgt Tony Barnes - Since I was my status was training for points only at that time there was no requirement for back pay.
By the time I left the military in 2008 I had 7515 retirement points, which included just under 19 years active federal service, which equates to 52% of my base pay when I retire.
By the time I left the military in 2008 I had 7515 retirement points, which included just under 19 years active federal service, which equates to 52% of my base pay when I retire.
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When I was a Drill Sergeant back in 2007, my First Sergeant handed me a folded up sticky-note with the #89 in it....which was my sequence # for Sergeant First Class. My notification for Master Sergeant came in an email on Facebook....oh well, I got promoted!
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LCDR (Join to see)
Facebook was also how I found out about promotion to LCDR. I had been watching the process from board to JAG to SECNAV go SECDEF etc daily for a month. It got stuck/wasnt updated when it was three levels from release. Sat there for about 3 weeks when it should have been a 1 week turnaround, so I stopped checking. Two days later, my replacement in civilian Emergency Room chaplaincy facebook messaged me his congrats. My wife found it first, "uh, honey, have you checked your facebook?" "No..." "you might need to."
Even that was better than ENS to LTJG. Had no clue. Logged onto NKO, and it welcomed me as a JG. Ta-da.
Even that was better than ENS to LTJG. Had no clue. Logged onto NKO, and it welcomed me as a JG. Ta-da.
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I had just arrived in North Carolina with my family and was in billeting when there was a knock at the door. We we're exactly ready for anyone that morning as it had been a hectic move. There standing in the door was my new Squadron Commander and Shirt... We'd already had a few issues with the folks at billeting so I thought I was getting a talking to.. Nope, they asked how things were going, if the family was good and then handed me a ziplock bag of Staff Sergeant stripes... Yep.... didn't know just how to respond... But I knew I'd better not show up Monday morning out of uniform.....
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I was an LPO E-6 on a CVN working in the shop one day and my Chief came in, looking pissed off and yelling. Me, knowing I didn't do anything and that it had to be someone else in the division, just sat there and very calmly whipped out a pen and my green notebook, to write down whatever it was I was going to have to do to fix the problem. Then he said, "I can't get you wound up about anything, congratulations on making Chief!" The problem was, the list he saw on the OPS Boss' desk wasn't the promotions, it was those who DIDN'T make it. That morning sucked....
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PO1 Jim Kerick
A chief announced two people were added to the promotion list one to DP2 and one to DP1. Turned out the message was garbled, that was the failed list. Both lost all their PNA points. Oh that was bad.
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It was my promotion to Sgt. I checked my cutting score with admin and they said how far off I was for promotion. At the time I was detached from my parent unit for 6 months.
A few weeks later around the 5th of the month I get a call from admin wondering when I will come pick up my promotion warrant to Sgt. I had no idea I made it.
A few weeks later around the 5th of the month I get a call from admin wondering when I will come pick up my promotion warrant to Sgt. I had no idea I made it.
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