TIS/TIG Standards In this term of service members, you must have completed at least one year to be eligible for promotion from E-4 to E-5. Additionally, your total time in service (TIS) and time in grade (TIG) must be two or more years. To get promoted to the rank of E-5, yo...
There is no minimum time-in-grade (TIG) requirement for promotion to the Army SNCO ranks, but candidates must meet the following minimum time-in-service (TIS) requirements to be eligible for promotion: Sergeant first class (E-7) -- six years. Master sergeant/first sergeant (E-8) -- ...