Making it to Sergeant as fast as you can in the US Army

[@Holyhandgrenade-tx6xd]

How to make SGT as fast as possible? Go to Korea as a SSG 🤣

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Never gets old.

[@thechillmaster5836]

😂😂😂

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

How does one become "Demotable?" Lol!

[@Holyhandgrenade-tx6xd]

@@dougtheeliminator1077 Soju!🤣🤣🤣

[@georgemaxwell3467]

🤣🤣 seen 2 E4s over there with DS patches 😆

[@jamesk370]

I've never served in the military, but I love learning how things work, and I think you do a great job of explain things Christopher. I really appreciate your channel.

[@Staticjumper]

I wasn't actively pursuing promotion but I went from E1 to SGT in 3 years and 4 months in an MOS (Military Police) that didn't promote quickly. What worked for me was just doing the best job I could, challenging myself, taking college classes and always being ready for schools. I caught a waiver to E4 and then my unit got a "use or lose" a slot for PLDC (BLC now?). The battalion CSM picked me over more senior E4s because I was ready to go and then I "Exceeded Course Standards". Be the "go-to" guy/gal in your unit. Know your job better than anyone else! You'll catch grief from your peers who have NO intention of staying in the Army let alone being leaders but it will be worth it. (BTW, that waiver and PLDC slot set the pace for me making the E8 list in under 16 years)

[@kurtrussell5228]

All you have to do is compete in soldier of the month boards and get a good PT score.....THAT'S ALL, you don't need to be a good leader, you don't need to be compatent in your MOS...... memorize the study manuals and have a good PT score..... you'll get promoted over a compatent soldier with leadership skills but has a lower PT score and doesn't do boards.......also extra points if you're a female.

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Incompetent is my watchword, my two basic responsibilities will be at the back of my mind delegating the mission and harassment of my soldiers.🤪

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

I agree. The days of truly earning anything are long gone. Too many ass sucking machines have taken over. And it's scary as hell. Common sense and good judgment no longer exist.

[@nathanharris9409]

I’m at airborne school rn about to head to Italy once I graduate, just trying to climb the ranks and get some responsibility! Thanks for the info!

[@malcolmsee3477]

1975 to 1977 in a supposed peace time Army, I went from a 17 year old E1 to Sergeant E5 Regular Army in 22 months as an 11C ! Previously I was division soldier of the month! What’s hard to believe I never atttended an NCO course but was able to acquire the necessary points anyway and this was done stateside!

[@wacojones8062]

Things have changed a bit since I was Drafted December 70, Inducted April 71 Spec 5 in 14 months to the reserves after 2 years active then Hard stripe SSG just over 3 years. Number one or no lower than number 3 in every AIT course helped a lot. Being an instructor in E-7 slots also helps. Willing to do all the behind the scenes scut work is a biggy for getting good recommendations on the board paperwork.

[@waltbury]

Chris, 1970, enlisted in Navy, at 17 in high school. enrolled 180 day delay program. E-3 after bootcamp 10 weeks, 6 months as E-3, E-4, one years as E-4. So just under 2 years in the U.S. Navy E-5 and will turn 19 in a coulple of weeks. Go Navy Note time in service stated in high school

[@partnersincrime7639]

Wow.

[@jthavorn]

Not sure why everyone wants to make E-5 sergeant so fast. Most E-5’s I worked with were just glorified privates that worked just as hard as the lower enlisted but was held responsible when things got messed up. In my opinion, you don’t really get to enjoy being an NCO when you get to E-7, maybe E-6 if you’re in a training environment (like being a drill sergeants or in TRADOC).

[@kurtrussell5228]

Yes, this is correct

[@CrisInHD]

Imagine graduating OSUT then going right across the street the 316 CAV BDE. Story of my army career. However I did reenlist to go to FT CARSON

[@xUSMC1775x]

Because it's about the experience you gain bro

[@mathiaspeters1503]

Another awesome video. Thanks alot

[@imcameronla]

Coming in as a e3 fresh outta hs.. did future soldier program and got someone to join

[@jimward1586]

Well I am an exception, I made E5 in 8 months. I joined the Army the day I turned 18. I went to basic at Ft Bragg, I made E2upon gradationing, I was gung ho. Then I went to Ft Benning for radio repair school (31B20). I did so bad there I was in the lower 10% of the class. The top 10 % had a choice, higher echelon of radio repair or go to 31G40 (Tactical Communications Chief) school. The middle 80 % were sent to Nam as radio operator. The bottom 10% (me) was given the same choice as the top 10%. I took NCO Academy. When I arrived at Ft.Sill, I was made an E4 never having being an E3. On December the 12, 8 months after I join I was a SERGEANT in the U.S.Army. That was all I wanted to be from the time I was 5 years old. What can one do to top that?

[@thechillmaster5836]

Its only 40 promotion points for my MOS to make SGT 😂

[@kayleen8460]

Which mos?

[@novaskyzero]

Wtf kinda mos is that?

[@someguyig5669]

What mos tho?

[@juniorrobles226]

Aye mine was too 13 banger

[@vince11harris]

You a 74D huh

[@2098elk]

SP5 in 18 months. Was in AG and got the allocations before anyone else. Also during building up for Vietnam and lack of "middle managent" in the Armyl Still had to go throught the review board and qualifty on the PCPT scores.

[@kevinfrisco109]

Damn I’m actually impressed you mentioned SFAB!

[@jimdebarr5616]

Made E2 after AIT, got to Ft Carson HHC 4th Base. Made E3 the day after I signed into the company. A month later a E4 spot opened up and the CO gave it to me. Five in the army and made Sp 4. Made Sp 5 with 17 months in Viet Nam

[@SethAKPI]

My man really said go SF, like most of us do that.

[@alielhoujairi2420]

I’m coming in as an E3 but I was told that the earliest I can promote to E4 is 18 months

[@jamielancaster01]

You can come into the Army as an E-3 if you have 2yrs of High School JROTC.

[@Homes-sf5br]

I’m trying to become SGT as fast as I can to be a drill sergeant as fast as I can and then become an officer for that pay 😎

[@shane7051]

If your only or main reason to become an officer is pay you're going to regret it.

[@papasmoke981]

@@shane7051 I followed up on this guy. Ended up in the brig. Gen discharge later

[@sgt.grinch3299]

It’s not getting the rank, it’s keeping it. One mistake and back you go. Plus you have a black spot which your SNCOs will use against you.

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

Also, if You want to be a Sergeant, make sure that You want to for the right reasons, and make sure You are really prepared to take on that responsibility, if You are, then go for it!

[@michaelhenry6712]

I made E-5 in the Navy in 2.5 years. Do not recommend it. I moved up faster than I was prepared for it. Also had health issues (obstructive sleep apnea and hypothyroidism, both non-deployable and can rate upwards of 100% disability depending on severity) acting against me but didn't fully come to light then. Left basic as an E-3, auto promote to E-4 after completing FC "A" school. Took the E-5 test while in "C" school. Missed by 16 points. Took it again 2 months after getting to the ship, missed by a few points. 6 months later, made it. My "division" was top heavy, everyone but brand new to the ship was E-5 and higher. I wish I had 1 more cycle as an E-4 to learn everything better due to health issues and lack of training opportunities by my work center leadership. Things were just not clicking with me, mentally.

[@papasmoke981]

Still not

[@PHILLIPS8822]

A year and a half to make SGT LOL!!! man shit has changed since I was in between 1978 and 1982. I was in 4 years and only made it to E-4

[@golfery5119]

That still happens today. Especially with toxic leadership. There are people who haven't been in trouble or flagged but for whatever reason their leadership doesn't want to recommend them for either the promotion board or blc

[@MrFeelBueno]

Hoping to provide some information from my experience. I came in as an E-4 w/ a college degree as a 68W. At the time, the minimum time for a secondary zone board appearance was 18 months. I just saw that they changed the reg to 16 months as of the end of 2021, which is great. Depending on the unit with all of the training and optempo cycles, the promotion boards may or may not be on a monthly basis. At my unit, it was fairly random (every 4-7 weeks), and sometimes soldiers were given a late heads-up that they were attending the board. I always believed that if you were an E-4 and approaching the primary/secondary zone, you should be ready to go (memorize the NCO creed and be confident in mock boards). In this situation, a E-4 may be coming up to his 16th month TIS, but there may not even be a board in his 16th or 17th month. Another thing to consider is that after passing the board and obtaining your p-status, you need to get slotted for BLC. The speed for which depends on the OML (which you have some control over the # of promotion points that you have). I have also heard some MOS's are prioritized for BLC, but I am not sure. It took two or three months for me to get slotted for BLC, and then it took however long the course is to graduate (22 days? IDK). Now depending on the point in the month that you graduated BLC, you may be too late to pin the next month. I think if you graduated in the back half of June, that you probably would have missed the date for July's promotion list. All said and done, I shipped off to basic at the end of October 2018 and pinned the beginning of November 2020 by going to the the promotion board as fast as I could (18 months + approx 3 months for a BLC slot, approx. 1 month for BLC, and just missing the October date since I graduated BLC towards the end of the month). It may work out magically for some soldiers to achieve the goal in 17-18 months with a 16-month secondary zone, but the timing may not work out in your favor. Another great secret is to learn about other ways to make E-4. Case in point: my friend came in as an E-4 without a college degree because he already was an EMT as a 68W. He went to community college for a few months and earned his EMT before he joined, and got to skip the EMT portion in AIT and saved himself a few weeks. He was a great Soldier and also went as soon as he could in the secondary zone, and this guy made E-5 before he turned 21. You might be able to do that fast/early if you joined as a high-speed fuzzy at the age of 17, but there are certainly other ways of going about it.

[@DevilDog0351]

Was the Army recruiting lying to me about going in as an E7? About mid 90s, I wanted to join the Army infantry as an officer. I was prior service (6 yrs, USMC, infantry) and had a bachelor degree (mechanical engineer). He said for the meantime while the Army was working on my paperwork to OCS, I can come in as an E7. Really? Was the recruiter pulling my leg?

[@christopherchaos]

I don't think that would have been possible unless thing were REALLY different in the 90s. Anything above E6 is DA selected. I've heard of cadets getting E6 pay in training at times but never heard of anyone coming into the Army as an E7.

[@hemmingtait]

I Read that after you graduate rotc you can join the army as a second lieutenant If you become a Sergeant in rotc and join the army before you graduate do you become a Sergeant in the army

[@minecraftpepc]

Hey Chris, not sure if you still make the MOS videos, but could you do a video on 13M?

[@mitchelledwards5219]

When i was in the only thing co's cared obout was pt run score it didn't matter if you new your jod inside and out just pt score to get to pldc.

[@jackjeffries4823]

Wow I’m early for a vid for once

[@deathsquadydg4299]

E-4 MAFIA

[@EricDaMAJ]

In my day it was PCS to Korea as a SSG. The commands there gave 0 fucks about what to do with screw ups and they set the screw up standard way low.

[@knifer-yc7wn]

Is going into the army as an E-1 bad? By I’m about to graduate high school, I’m not the best physically. I say barely below average(not fat I’m skinny I just can’t run 2 miles in 16 minutes to save my life). I also can’t get anyone to join and I’ve tried almost everything. Any advice for me? Note I am running almost everyday. Edit: Forgot to mention, I make mainly A’s in high school right now if that tells you anything.

[@kurtrussell5228]

If you're a female you're fine.... if you're a male than you're on the wrong side of the double standard and you're in trouble, you might not make it.

[@knifer-yc7wn]

@@kurtrussell5228 I am a male, my thinking is as long as I can pass the acft when it actually counts next year and don’t do to bad on it in basic, I should fine and that’s what my recruiter says,

[@kurtrussell5228]

@@knifer-yc7wn unless things have changed, the standards for basic trainees is lower, then in AIT it's raised.....and they don't kick you out PT failure at the drop of a hat in basic....you'd be recycled..... i wouldn't worry if i were you, they don't expect you to be able to pass a PT test fresh off the street...... don't worry dude, you will be fine.

[@knifer-yc7wn]

@@kurtrussell5228 Ok thanks for the help!

[@owen-nd7om]

The army is going off the ACFT and you need to run 2 miles in like 20 minutes which is laughable. Just continue working out and improving and you will be fine. I went from weighing 218 at the beginning of basic running an 18 minute two mile to 195 running a 14:50 two mile. Also don’t even try to get your friends to join the Army I never really liked how recruiters tried to do that. If your friends ask why you’re joining then tell them and if they’re interested direct them to your recruiter don’t pester anyone trying to get them to join the Army so you can get promoted it’s pretty selfish IMO, other than that your recruiter can easily get you to an E2 or even an E3.

[@1onsight852]

My son is going in as a E3 right out of high school no college or friend going in. 17 Echo AIT then off to airborne training. I hope he gets ft Bragg because he signed a 5 year contract.116 GT score.

[@mysticfalcon8844]

How is he going in as an E-3 straight out of HS?

[@BLx_xND]

@@mysticfalcon8844 it’s because of 2 reasons 1. He is doing future soldier classes (enter as E-2) 2. Someone within his recruitment station referred one of there own guys to him (Enter as E-3) That’s what my recruiter explained that can happen

[@papasmoke981]

@@mysticfalcon8844 He’s civilian now. Doing 5-10

[@paulfournier6509]

E1 to E5 in two and a half years, passed the board was told I didn't have enough points for E5. They forgot my MOS was reclassified from 16 Papa to 16 Sierra I had the points

[@philsmiddy123]

A brother Chap. I went from 16P to 77F, and got it. Unfortunatly had to change MOS to get there.

[@paulfournier6509]

@@philsmiddy123 I was Redeye, reclassified to Stinger, what is 77F

[@johnfranco7371]

I’ve never been a fan of people fast tracking to Sgt in the least amount of time possible. Opinion: their leadership skills are not fully developed.

[@christopherchaos]

Ya. The young SGT is often not as experienced as someone that has been around longer. I would not have done as well had I gotten mine after 2 years.

[@jjboy2276]

KEEP THE INTRO MUSIC UPP❤️

[@tylerv9167]

I'm a 68W I'm hoping to reach sergeant by the end of my first contract, but we will see

[@adiaz2469]

How long's ur contract and when did you ship out? I'm waiting for a 68w spot to open, then i leave.

[@tylerv9167]

@@adiaz2469 I'm active so 4 years. I shipped out March 15th of this year. I'm finishing training next month. Pray you don't get A CO in AIT it sucks ass lol

[@pauloneal8958]

I had 3 years of jrotc in high school

[@fauce3060]

I was in jrotc for 3 years and they said if we do 3/4 year that we can go as a e-3 in the military is that true?

[@christopherchaos]

I've only heard of E3 if you do all 4 years of JROTC. Not sure if you can if you only do 3. Have to talk to a recruiter about it.

[@fauce3060]

@@christopherchaos okay thank you for the information sarg!

[@heyimreck]

does it matter what you majored in for your bachelors degree to get that E-4?

[@christopherchaos]

Nope. Just has to be a degree.

[@jeanpierreruizdecastillaro268]

If you become a sergeant in the national guard and want to transfer over to active do you get to keep your rank?

[@christopherchaos]

Yes. As long as it's not a long gap of several years before you switch.

[@jeanpierreruizdecastillaro268]

Do you have to go to BLC as a specialist before becoming a sergeant ?

[@christopherchaos]

Yes

[@ahmadgrady6617]

How does it work if you’re prior service E-4 from another branch?

[@christopherchaos]

If you were to transfer in less than a year then most likely you keep the same rank. If you get out of one branch and then wait a year or more then it gets tricky and you might come in at a lower rank.

[@ryan215553]

Made it in 3 years in the NG

[@loganbrown1223]

25 leaving for basic soon

[@vince11harris]

You should fast track but also make sure that you are competent. I’ve seen a lot of sergeants that fast track but who are total dogshit at their job

[@TianaJohnson.]

Hey i just subscribe

[@collateral9159]

i wanna go sfab as an mp

[@christopherchaos]

Currently I don't think that is an MOS that can go into SFAB.

[@Joshuinha2016]

Go into a combat arms MOS

[@csrtitus]

In the national guard just 2 years SSG if you are a smoking hot female.

[@siddharthbutala6781]

Dang am here early

[@edwardnakagawa4262]

* SOME, MOS's YOU GOTTA LEARN FIRST HAND,NO CUTTING CORNERS, LEARNING, DOING,TRIAL AND ERROR, SCHOOLING, DOESNT MEAN YOU KNOW,YOUR JOB,going to school,and learning Army jobs,are Not the Same ! Are ? They ? * NO ! GET A LIFE !

[@rexfordkarikari7188]

First to comment. Thanks for this great information

[@Rasheem23]

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[@edwardnakagawa593]

** BS ! *STILL GOTTA * PASS A BOARD ! *GOOD LUCK ! *WANNA * BE !

[@jurban611]

Notification platoon.