| ENLISTED PROMOTIONS DIGEST: APRIL Soldiers who held recommended list status as of Feb. 20 through March 8, and who meet or exceed the cutoff scores for April are eligible to be promoted April 1 as follows: |
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| Rank | Primary zone | Secondary zone | ||
| Sergeant to staff sergeant | 72 months time in service and 10 months time in grade | 71 months time in service (less than 72 months) and nine months time in grade (less than 10 months) | ||
| Rank | Primary zone | Secondary zone | ||
| Specialist/corporal to sergeant | 36 months time in service and eight months time in grade | 35 months time in service (less than 36 months) and seven months time in grade (less than eight months) | ||
| Airborne advantage | ||||
| The airborne advantage can be applied in April 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, 14S, 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, 56M, 62B, 63J, 68A, 68G, 68Q, 74D, 88N, 89A, 92A, 92W, 92Y, 94A, 94F | ||||
| To staff sergeant: 113S, 13W, 15P, 25E, 25M, 25R, 35P, 38B, 46Q, 46R, 68J, 68S, 89B, 92Y | ||||
| STAR MOSs | ||||
| STAR MOSs are jobs for which additional promotions would have been authorized for April if more soldiers in these shortage military occupational specialties were on selection lists. Soldiers holding one of the above STAR specialties should be given priority for Warrior Leader Course attendance because of their increased promotion potential. | ||||
| To sergeant: 15J, 15Q, 21C, 25P, 25Q, 35H, 35L, 35N, 37F, 46Q, 63A, 63D, 68V | ||||
| To staff sergeant: 18B, 21D, 21P, 35L, 35M and 89D | ||||
| April promotions | ||||
| Grade | List | Promotions | Remaining | Pending |
| Sgt. maj. | 2008 | 10 | 588 | 45 |
| Master sgt. | 2008 | 105 | 2,491 | 225 |
| Sgt. 1st Class | 2008 | 528 | 8,572 | 25 |
| Staff Sgt. | N/A | 666 | 18,174* | N/A |
| Sgt. | N/A | 1,738 | 16,808* | 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 2008 list began in December. The list is projected to last until May 2010 as part of the transition to a new professional development system for senior NCOs. | ||||
| * Master sergeant - Promotions off the 20008 list began in December. | ||||
| * Sergeant first class - The 2009 list was released March 24. Promotions off the will begin April 1. | ||||
