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Marines The armed forces offer a highly structured environment, and part of that includes an established system of rank and promotion. There are separate rank systems for enlisted Marines and commissioned officers. On the whole, Marine officers move up according to the following schedule: from Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant after two years, Captain after four, Major after 10, Lieutenant Colonel after 16, Colonel after 22, and the General officer ranks at some point thereafter. Enlisted Marines begin as Privates, Privates First Class, and Lance Corporals, before advancing to Corporals, Sergeants, Staff Sergeants, Gunnery Sergeants, First Sergeants (or Master Sergeants), and Sergeants Major (or Master Gunnery Sergeants). Advancement depends on your abilities, time in your rank, time in the service, the needs of the Corps, and your Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). Generally speaking, rising through the ranks in the Marines takes longer than it does in the Army, since fewer spots become available in the former over the same period of time. http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/articles/military/marineoverview.asp
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less than a year for E-1 to E-4 and above that about two years for each rank
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The Army has the following advancement scheme: E-1: Initial entry rank E-2: 6 months as an E-1 E-3: 12 months time-in-service & 4 months as an E-2 E-4: 24 months time-in-service and 6 months as an E-3 This is where you stop as far as automatic advancement goes. 24 months from E-1 to E-4. From here, it depends on your military occupational specialty. E-5 requires you to go to Primary Leadership Development School and go before a board of non-commissioned officers to grade your past performance and future potential to be a NCO. You are given a grade by the board and must now wait for PERSCOM to decide what score is needed for E-4s(Promotable) to be promoted to E-5. It could take a month, it could take 3 years, depending on your score and how high/low PERSCOM sets the bar. If you're in a high-demand MOS or one that has a hard time retaining people, the score will be low to ensure more accessions to that MOS's NCO group. If the MOS is overstocked or small to begin with, the score will be high to keep it from becoming top heavy with NCOs. About 25% of the Army is E-4 at any given time.
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Pls read CannedHam and Alatea's answers before reading mine. That said, it depends on the specific job, the retention and attrition rates in the MOS and staffing needs. Some job fields promote much faster than others based on the need of the service. Promotion cutting scores change all the time. Individual promotion rates can not be gauranteed as each members promotion package is dependent on their fitness reports, schools etc.
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In the Navy, the structure is a bit different. For instance, I was E-3 for joining and E-4 in under 6 months. For the advanced schools that are difficult to get into (Nuclear Propulsion for instance) this is an incentive to get a person to join. Some of my classmates were E-5 in under a year. That was uncommon but possible. There really was no average that could be discerned as there were SO many variables. Many did not join as E-1. Some were stuck, unable to advance because of a lack of billets in their rating while others advanced merely for putting their name on the test because they needed more higher-ranked people in that rating.
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Certain jobs like special forces it is possible to move from a E-1 to E-4 in a year. moving up past E-4 all depends how self motivated you are.
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