Well it looks like it is that time of the month again. It is time to reward the young LCpl’s and CPl’s who have been kicking ass and takin names. Hopefully you are one of those young Marines that has finally made the cut and will be getting promoted next month.
As I have said before [...]
Headquarters Marine Corps has released the preliminary zones and allocations for promotion to Gunnery Sergeant. MARADMIN 116/09 announces how many Marines will be promoted in each MOS as well as the dates of rank required to be considered for promotion. So Staff Sergeants check out the MARADMIN and see if you are in the “zone” [...]
The Marine Corps has released cutting scores for Corporals and Sergeants for the month of March. This is a great opportunity for many young Marines as it places them into a position of greater responsibility and leadership. Congratulations to those that made the cut and for the rest of you continue on improving your composite [...]
It is that time of the month again. Time to see if your hard work and dedication has paid off. Time to see if you have made the cut (literally) as the cutting scores for Cpl and Sgt have been published. If you did not make the cut this time continue to work at improving [...]
Limited Duty Officers or LDOs are selected from the Warrant Officer ranks for a full commission. It is not required that the Marine have a bachelor’s degree as it is for your entry level 2nd Lieutenants. Just like Warrrant Officers LDOs are subject matter experts and usually have very technical type jobs. Jobs in which [...]
It is that time of month again. Cutting scores for Cpl and Sgt hav been released. Hopefully your hard work over the first quarter of FY 2009 helped you earn enough points to get the score needed to be promoted. Remember if you are close to keep working and do whatever you can to get [...]
On December 15th MarAdmin 708/08 was released. This MarAdmin was released to announce the approved selections to 1stSgt and MSgt (E-8). I would like to extend my congratulations to those Marines that were selected to the next rank. Being promoted to the rank of 1stSgt or MSgt is quite an accomplishment. It takes years of [...]
Cutting Scores for promotion to Corporal and Sergeant have been released for December. Hopefully your hard work and dedication have paid off and you have the score and are getting promoted. If not keep working and you will get there Marine.
As I wrote in an earlier article about calculating your composite score the most common [...]
Yesterday I wrote a post for LCpls and Cpls trying to figure out their composite scores. While getting a composite score above the cutting score is the most common way for a Marine to get promoted there is another way to get promoted and that is meritoriously. Meritorious promotions are much less common and are [...]
As most of you know the way to get promoted to Sgt or Cpl in the Marine Corps is a fairly straight forward process. You work your ass off to get a high composite score and when it is above the cutting score for the month you get promoted. The thing is unfortunately many Marines [...]
