I had a fellow NCO and good friend of mine, who I have known for several years, come to me and sincerly ask me if he should try to get promoted or if he should ride it out at his current rank of SGT for a while. I was perplexed by the question for a minute or two and gave him the most honest answer I could. Which is, I cant tell you. You know if you are ready for the next level and if you are performing at that level already. You shouldnt have to ask if you are ready to get promoted to the next level. The only thing you should need to get organized is your paperwork for promotion. I believe that he is a good NCO just to clarify and is ready for the next level. I just wanted to know what everyones take on this was.
To clarify further, he was asking if he should bide his time as a SGT an dget more experience under his belt or take a promotion to SSG and try to get the experience while at that level. I feel that he is being more honest with himself than most by just asking the question and not just doing it for the money/power.
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SSG Wise, my question is, did he say should I ride it out as a SGT for a while?
That to me sounds like should I ride it out until ETS or I should ride it out doing nothing.
If the question actually was should I try to learn more in my current rank before I get promoted if he doesn't feel like he is ready, then I give him kudos for being honest about himself, not everyone is ready for increased responsibilities, all we want (and in this I include myself) is the increased pay and coolnes factor of the next rank
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