I'm going to get promoted to CW3 in the next couple of months. What is the "tradition" for supplying food/refreshments for my promotion? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-m-going-to-get-promoted-to-cw3-in-the-next-couple-of-months-what-is-the-tradition-for-supplying-food-refreshments-for-my-promotion <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:56:22 -0500 I'm going to get promoted to CW3 in the next couple of months. What is the "tradition" for supplying food/refreshments for my promotion? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-m-going-to-get-promoted-to-cw3-in-the-next-couple-of-months-what-is-the-tradition-for-supplying-food-refreshments-for-my-promotion <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> CW3 Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:56:22 -0500 2018-12-05T13:56:22-05:00 Response by MAJ Rene De La Rosa made Dec 5 at 2018 2:02 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-m-going-to-get-promoted-to-cw3-in-the-next-couple-of-months-what-is-the-tradition-for-supplying-food-refreshments-for-my-promotion?n=4184737&urlhash=4184737 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Do the whole Montey here. People will always remember how your promotion ceremony went. MAJ Rene De La Rosa Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:02:02 -0500 2018-12-05T14:02:02-05:00 Response by LTC Kevin B. made Dec 5 at 2018 2:17 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-m-going-to-get-promoted-to-cw3-in-the-next-couple-of-months-what-is-the-tradition-for-supplying-food-refreshments-for-my-promotion?n=4184790&urlhash=4184790 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When I was on active duty, we used our &quot;first month&#39;s pay raise&quot; as a general guideline for a food/refreshment budget. LTC Kevin B. Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:17:45 -0500 2018-12-05T14:17:45-05:00 Response by SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 5 at 2018 3:10 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-m-going-to-get-promoted-to-cw3-in-the-next-couple-of-months-what-is-the-tradition-for-supplying-food-refreshments-for-my-promotion?n=4184973&urlhash=4184973 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Chik-Fil-A platters. Can’t go wrong Chief! SFC(P) Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 05 Dec 2018 15:10:35 -0500 2018-12-05T15:10:35-05:00 Response by SSG Lyle O'Rorke made Dec 5 at 2018 3:59 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-m-going-to-get-promoted-to-cw3-in-the-next-couple-of-months-what-is-the-tradition-for-supplying-food-refreshments-for-my-promotion?n=4185121&urlhash=4185121 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That’s what I always heard and even tried to do when I made my 5 and 6. Worked in staff shops so did shop parties SSG Lyle O'Rorke Wed, 05 Dec 2018 15:59:33 -0500 2018-12-05T15:59:33-05:00 Response by SFC Ralph E Kelley made Dec 5 at 2018 4:45 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-m-going-to-get-promoted-to-cw3-in-the-next-couple-of-months-what-is-the-tradition-for-supplying-food-refreshments-for-my-promotion?n=4185207&urlhash=4185207 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When I was at Fort Knox and whenever an NCO got promoted they took the difference between their previous pay and their new pay for the party. SFC Ralph E Kelley Wed, 05 Dec 2018 16:45:51 -0500 2018-12-05T16:45:51-05:00 Response by MSG Frank Kapaun made Dec 5 at 2018 8:12 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-m-going-to-get-promoted-to-cw3-in-the-next-couple-of-months-what-is-the-tradition-for-supplying-food-refreshments-for-my-promotion?n=4185669&urlhash=4185669 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No offense, but officers can be some cheap son of a bitches concerning these matters. Don’t be that guy spend like a drunken sailor on your promotion to CW3. MSG Frank Kapaun Wed, 05 Dec 2018 20:12:08 -0500 2018-12-05T20:12:08-05:00 2018-12-05T13:56:22-05:00