When someone makes E-5 (Sgt) can that person request a different unit due to the fact they were a SPC prior with the same unit?

I never had a problem in any unit I was in when I got promoted.

I was required to move to a different company or sit and wait for promotion. In my brigade it was pretty much the policy to move NCO'S around.

You may request anything , but why would you want to ? I went from E-3 to E-6 in the same platoon ,I feel like soldiers in my platoon respected me and supported me during my transition.

If you can lead your friends, You can lead anyone. In 12 months I went from E1 to E5 in the same unit. I was only 18 years old and it made me a better leader. My friends help me to stay grounded and I always remembered that experience throughout my career, all the way to Sergeant Major.

I showed up at Fort Sill with promotion packet in hand. They said we have to observe you for 6 mos. before you can be promoted. 3 days later they pinned E5 stripes on me. I didn’t know anybody and I think that really helped. I saw many make E5 in the same unit and it normally wasn’t a problem, but it was easier for me not knowing anyone I think.

I was an E4 ,E-5 in the USAF 507th Tactical Air Control Squadron (TACP) Then got Comissioned, after a combat tour in Vietnam and attending OTS. I was assigned to the same unit as OIC of Ta tical Air Control (TACP). It was very interesting couple of years, knowing the job and the equipment much better than your subordinates really helped.

It really matters when you go from enlisted (SSG) to warrant. I was at the CID Office in Heidelberg as an enlisted agent in 1982 when I made SSG working crimes of violence and terrorism cases and within the month I was appointed as a WO1 under a direct appointment from President Reagan and was moved to Bad Kreznach where I was the Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge and the Chief of the Drug Suppression Team. All of that for the Heidelberg office with two warrants and one enlisted. If they would have left there, I would not have been senior as an enlisted or warrant agent.

Early 80s Fort Stewart. Promoted to SGT you changed squads. SSG, you changed Platoons. SFC, you went to a different Battery. My have been a local policy.

I didnt get a choice. 10th Eng BN moved a new NCO to one of the adjacent Companies. It forced the Soldier out of a comfortable spot. At least that's what the BN Commander and CSM said.

Part of being a leader, is to lead it's tough sometimes to be in charge of soldiers you used to hang out with (which you can still do) but they need to know at "work" your the boss and your word is law