Soldiers must move up or out faster, Army says

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Soldiers must move up or out faster, Army says
Published: February 10, 2014, 4:37 pm, by Tom Roeder

The Army recently released new standards for how long some enlisted soldiers can stay in uniform.

Privates will get five years to move up or move out. Specialists and corporals will have an eight-year pull date and three-stripe sergeants will have 14 years.

The move narrows the promotion windows for career-minded soldiers as the Army works to trim 80,000 troops from its ranks by 2018.

The first rank that will allow a soldier to reach the 20-year retirement mark is staff sergeant. To reach the 30-year retirement, which brings 75 percent of base pay, soldiers must have achieved the rank of sergeant major, or be on a promotion list for the top enlisted rank.

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1. Would be more informative

if it would state at what rank one drops all self intelligence and dignity to begin kissing asses.