| Enlisted promotion digest | ||||
| Soldiers who held recommended list status as of Sept. 20 through Oct. 8 and who meet or exceed the cutoff scores for November are eligible to be promoted Nov. 1 as follows: | ||||
| Rank | Primary zone | Secondary zone | ||
| Sgt. to staff sgt. | 72 months time in service, 10 months time in grade | 71 months time in service (less than 72 months), and nine months time in grade (less than 10 months) | ||
| Spc./cpl. to sgt. | 36 months time in service, eight months time in grade | 35 months time in service (less than 36 months), seven months time in grade (less than eight months) | ||
| Airborne advantage | ||||
| The airborne advantage can be applied in November to the specialties listed below. Soldiers drawing jump pay and who are assigned to positions coded with skill qualification identifier P, S or V can deduct 65 points for scores to sergeant and 25 points for scores to staff sergeant. | ||||
| To sergeant: 13B, 13F, 13S, 13W, 15B, 15F, 15G, 15H, 15N, 15W, 21R, 21W, 21Y, 25B, 25C, 25M, 25N, 25P, 25Q, 25R, 25U, 27D, 35L, 35M, 35N, 35P, 42A, 42F, 44B, 44C, 46R, 52C, 56M, 62B, 63J, 68A, 68G, 68Q, 74D, 88N, 89A, 92A, 92L, 92W, 92Y, 94F | ||||
| To staff sergeant: 13S, 13W, 15P, 25E, 25R, 35F, 35M, 35P, 38B, 46Q, 46R, 68J, 68S, 89B, 92Y | ||||
| STAR MOS | ||||
| STAR MOSs in which additional promotions would have been authorized for November if more soldiers in these military occupational specialties were on selection lists. | ||||
| To sergeant: 09L, 13B, 13F, 13P, 14S, 15J, 15N, 21C, 21D, 21E, 21P, 25N, 25P, 25Q, 25R,27D, 31D, 35G, 35H, 35L, 35N, 37F, 45G, 46Q, 46R, 63D, 68X, 88L, 92L, 94S | ||||
| Soldiers holding one of the above STAR military occupational specialties should be given high priority for Warrior Leader Course attendance due to their increased promotion potential. | ||||
| To staff sergeant: 09L, 11C, 13F, 14J, 18B, 21B, 21D, 21P, 21T, 25N, 25P, 35L, 35M, 35N, 46Q, 46R, 79S, 89D, 94D, 94H, 94S | ||||
| Grade | List | Promotions | Remaining | Pending |
| Sgt. maj. | 2007 | 76 | 0 | 2 |
| Master sgt. | 2007 | 232 | 58 | 73 |
| Sgt. 1st class | 2008 | 839 | 1,632 | 991 |
| Staff sgt. | N/A | 2,193 | 16,276* | N/A |
| Sgt. | N/A | 2,843 | 16,771* | N/A |
| *Note: These are estimates because sergeant and staff sergeant lists are maintained by field promotion authorities. | ||||
| Selection boards | ||||
| * Sergeant major: Promotions off the 2007 list began Sept. 1, 2007. The list is projected to last 19 months. The 2008 list was compiled by a board that met in June and that was released Aug. 19. That list is projected to last until May 2010. | ||||
| * Master sergeant: Promotions off the 2007 list began Dec. 1. The 2008 board, previously slated for October, met in August. The selection was released Oct. 2. | ||||
| Sergeant first class: Promotions off the 2008 list began April 1, 2008. The 2009 board meets Jan. 29-Feb 22. | ||||
