On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:07:42 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:37:20 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:33:33 -0500, John H.
wrote:

The Army publishes promotion 'scores' for each grade and specialty monthly. Soldiers earn points for
schools, time in grade, efficiency reports, and a few other things. There is no such thing as using
a promotion as an incentive to stay in. If a specialty is hurting for soldiers at a particular
grade, the published promotion score is lowered to get more soldiers in the right grade for that
specialty. If a specialty is overstrength in a particular grade, the score for that grade is made
very high so few people will qualify.

This wasn't really a promotion to re up, it was more like short timers
won't get promoted until they do. It may have just been because they
did not want to waste the slot on a guy who was getting out.
The perception was still that you had to re up for your rate. I was in
that position when I left. They had my FT2 in the pipe. I had the time
and my courses were in for years but I was short. They said I get the
2 if I sign. IBM made me a better offer.

In the Army, a soldier who accepts a promotion to E-7 or above incurs an additional three year
obligation. They incur a one year obligation for promotion to E-6. Below that there is no addition
obligation.

Now you are just confirming what I was saying. The difference is was 4
years in the active service or 6 in the reserves. That was the only
contracts they wrote. It did only happen if you were short tho. I
never heard on anyone in the middle of their enlistment period having
to sign up for anything else.
I know the navy guys in FT school had to sign up for a fresh 6 years
to get the school. That was why the E5 who was having trouble was so
nervous. All sorts of bad stuff happened if he flunked out (maybe even
reduction to E3 as I remember) and he had 6 more years of it.
I tutored him through the school until he was up to speed. It was good
for both of us if you get my drift. I suddenly did not have to do
calisthenics in the morning or march on the grinder in the afternoon.
We were studying.
He ended up near me at the top of the class and I hope he went on to a
great navy career.