I just got a letter from my buddy in basic. He told me to take the 2-2-2 PT to get promoted to E-2 before basic. What is this?...Can I get promoted to a E-2 before basic by doing this?...Also do I have to take this PT test before I go to MEPS or just anytime before I ship?...THANKS!
2007-09-29 09:42:55 · 6 answers · asked by IceCold 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Talk to your local recruiter to learn about this. They will do everything they can to help you get quick promotions as it makes for a satisfied "customer" or recruit.
Just remember the only way you will get a higher salary during the initial training is for rank earned based on previous college credits; they get the pay during training but not the stripes on the sleeve until graduation from basic training. Those getting stripes for physical conditioning or length of enlistment or joining for a tough job will get their promotion (and the corresponding pay) when they graduate training.
2007-09-29 10:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by jpbofohio 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know which branch your friend is in so I can't speak on their program.
However, in the Navy, you can get promoted if you go through the Delayed Entry Program. Through it, you learn marching, facing movements, the history of the Navy, customs and courtesies, basic first aid, stuff like that. It's not too complicated. You take a test at LEAST two weeks before you ship out (do it, trust me, I waited too long, my recruiter didn't tell me I had to take this test until it was too late), and also run a Physical Fitness Assessment. If you pass both then you qualify for the DEP advancement.
Then you go to boot camp, and you have to take another test over the same material and pass the baseline PFA, and you get advanced to E-2. It's an easy day if you passed the originals before shipping out to boot camp because you know you can pass them again.
The DEP program also lets you refer people to join, and if you get enough referrals, you can be advanced that way which is another pro.
EDIT: Tim's also right about the whole not getting paid until you graduate thing, though. But it is only two (or three) months (depending on branch), so you're not going to lose too much. You also get to wear your rank on your uniform while graduating, so they acknowledge that you earned your promotion.
2007-09-29 10:01:20 · answer #2 · answered by Ultima vyse 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can my husband went in as an E2. He had to know the rank structure and do the PT stuff, and of course the ASVAB. You can even go in as high as an E3. If you have some education or ROTC that will help you with that. And yes you have to take a Pt test before you go to MEPS...you have to beable to do so much before they let you in.
2007-09-29 11:38:15 · answer #3 · answered by Heather D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have heard of this before. as far as i know it is true. i think it's PT and also some other training. such as how salute, knowing ranks, how to march, things like that. I'd say do it. you start out at a higher rank and that means more on the pay check. But during basic training you are still considered and E-1, you don't get the raise until after.
2007-09-29 09:50:16 · answer #4 · answered by Tim 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Screw your chum software... get a pal to connect and refer you... Have college credit Being an E-2 is not any distinctive then an E-a million. little or no pay distinction and you're nevertheless on the backside.
2016-10-10 00:53:37 · answer #5 · answered by rollman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 minutes of push ups
2 minutes of sit ups
2 mile run
2007-09-29 10:12:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋