last rsp!

[guard_girl]

this is my 6th and last rsp drill before i ship and im excited and kinda nervous but rsp was great and very helpful im so glad i went but i was wondering about gettin promotions for time in service ive seen some ppl gettin that during my rsp and ive heard that u getting it after 6 months of sevice is it from the day that u enlist or after u start basic??:confused:

[PFC Lowe]

it is supposed to be from the first day your orders start, but many RSP sites are pretty good about giving TIS/TIG promotions to get people to at least e-2 before shipping. Try to talk to the full time people at your RSP and see if they can get you a promotion. I don't know how long you will be in training for, but e-1>e-2 is about a $170 difference per month so it is worth it to try at least.

[OCSAllTheWay]

Congrats! Good luck at Basic! :D And do what PFC Lowe said.

[knelson]

This month will be my 5th and final RSP before heading to Ft Benning. Can't wait to get started on my path to becoming a soldier!

[apagea99]

This will be my last RSP as well. Ft Benning beckons me toward the path to become something greater than what I am.

Good luck to all and I can't wait to hear the stories of your success!

[guard_girl]

i guess time in service doesnt start until u start basic atleast thats wat my requiter told me

[ping9798]

i guess time in service doesnt start until u start basic atleast thats wat my requiter told me


Your time in service starts the day you sign your contract

[SGTHess]

Your time in service starts the day you sign your contract

Wrong... TIG starts when you sign your contract. TIS starts when you ship for basic.

This I am certain of because I was corrected last week. Tried to promote a soldier way to early. I was thinking she hit her 18 months TIS for E4. I was wrong. She shipped to basic training in January of this year, 2009, even though she enlisted in January of last year, 2008. I tried to go off her Enlistment date and was corrected.

[SGTHess]

Okay down and dirty of promotions E-1 to E4.

TIG(time in Grade)= starts the day you sign your contract
TIS (time in service) = starts the day you ship for basic training

Automatic promotion requirements are as follows:
E1-E2- 6 Months TIS
E2-E3- Mos TIS & 4 mos TIG
E3-E4- 24 mos TIS & 6 MOS TIG

Promotions with waiver:
E1-E2- 4 MOS TIS
E2-E3 6MOS TIS & 2MOS TIG
E3-E4- 18MOS TIS and 3 mos TIG

This being said... RSP can advance from E1-E2 without regards to the TIS requirement. Anything above that though needs to follow the above guidelines.

So here is a general example of a PVT who is being promoted with waivers:

PVT Snuffy enlists on 20090101 and ships for basic 20090601. PVT Snuffy's RSP unit can promote him when he leaves for basic so he is not an E1.

PV2 Snuffy comes back to his unit on 20100101. PV2 Snuffy now has 6MOS TIS and 6MOS TIG. Which means he can be promoted to PFC w/a waiver. PFC Suffy will be eligible for his SPC w/a waiver on 20110101. He will at this point have 18MOS TIS and 12MOS TIG.


Now the same example except when PVT Snuffy returns from AIT he finds out his unit does not promote ANYONE with a waiver. He must wait out TIG and TIS requirements.

So he comes back as a PV2 on 20090601. He will be eligible for PFC on 20100601 because he will have 12 mos TIS and 12mos TIG. He will be eligible for SPC on 20110601 because he will have 24mos TIS and 12MOS TIG.

TIS is what holds most people up, especially those who sit in RSP for a year before shipping.

Make a little more sense now?