Unlike the promotion processes for private through staff sergeant, unit commanders have little to do with the promotion process to the SNCO ranks. These promotions are centralized completely at the Headquarters of the Department of the Army (HQDA). There is no minimum time-in-grade (TIG) requ...
CSM Promotion Requirements: In addition to the required TIS and TIG for the Sergeant Major, a Command Sergeant Major must be filling a slotted CSM position in a battalion or high level unit. Paygrade E-9 Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA) ...
Moving up the Air Force Ranks:The promotion process for master sergeant is identical to the process for promotion to staff sergeant and technical sergeant, except for the minimum requirements: eight years' time-in-serve (TIS) and 24 months' time-in-grade (TIG) requirements, in addition to ...