Posted on Jun 1, 2017
Is it legal for PFC to skip SPC and be promoted to CPL without P status (no promotion board experience)?
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SGT (Join to see) I have never done this, but from SPC to CPL is a lateral appointment and does not require a board. However, IMHO if you are wearing CPL you should be in a leadership position and acting as a SGT.
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LTC Stephen C.
LTC (Join to see), I've been out for sometime, but I thought much of this would be driven by the MTO&E of an organization. If the PFC is advanced into a position that called for a corporal and not a specialist, wouldn't the soldier simply become a corporal? SGT (Join to see)
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LTC Stephen C. - Sir, I believe it still requires paperwork signed by the CDR to state that they are a CPL.
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LTC Stephen C.
Understood, LTC (Join to see). I would assume that orders would be cut, but simply state corporal and not specialist. My point is that if the MTO&E calls for a corporal and not a specialist, the PFC would simply be advanced to corporal, correct?
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LTC (Join to see)
LTC Stephen C. - that is a great question, Sir. I know I have put PFCs in SPC positions and SGT in SSG, but I never had a CPL position on my UMR so I never ran into that.
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It is entirely possible to go from PFC straight to CPL. Really it just depends on the soldier, his or her proven performance, his senior leaders, and if they need an NCO
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