To put a promotion packet together you must meet the following criteria:
A. Have passing score on the APFT/ ACFT within the last 12 months and a passing height and weight within the last 6 months.
B.Have a passing score on weapons qualification within the last 24 months.
C.Have no active flags.
D.Have satisfied the time in service and time in grade requirements as per AR 600-8-19 p. 49. (See attached files)
E. Have completed BLC / DLC1. (for promotion to E-5 only) F. Have completed ALC / DLC2. (for promotion to E-6 only)
Following AR 600-8-16 Enlisted Promotions and Reductions (attached below) fill out the DA3355 Promotion Point Worksheet (attached below)
First get all of the following documents together:
1. All Awards
2. Certificates of completion from all military schools completed since AIT
3. Transcripts from all civilian education
4. Up to date 2A and 2-1 (See ARA / HR representative if not up- to-date)
5. Certificate of completion from all online military courses taken that are worth points
6. PT card with passing score, Height Weight card if needed and Medical profile if needed
7. Weapons card with passing score
8. Copy of all DD Forms 214/215, or NGB 22, as applicable
9. At least your last 5 NCOERs (Only promotion to E-6)
Then acquire Tabbed dividers(both with letters and numbers needed) and a Manila folder
Finally as neatly as you can organize your document according to the Promotion Packet Composition data sheet(See below file) into the Manila folder using the Tabbed dividers as needed
(Note: The Promotion Packet Composition data sheet changes often therefore please see ARA / HR representative for most up to date version)
“Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself and let your troops see that you don’t in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.”
– German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel