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By Jim Tice - Staff writer
Commanders of Warrior Transition Units can authorize accelerated promotions to specialist for up to 20 percent of the privates first class assigned to their units as patients.
The standard promotion point for automatic advancement to specialist is two years of service and six months time in grade.
Under a recent adjustment to the service’s promotion waiver authority policy, WTU commanders can promote E-3s with as little as 18 months of service and three months time in grade.
The total number of specialists assigned as patients to a WTU with less than two years time in service is limited to 20 percent of that population.
Under the new pay rates that went into effect Jan. 1, the pay differential between E-3s and E-4s with less than two years of service is $23.80.
The new policy does not apply to soldiers who are assigned as cadre to WTUs.
However, these soldiers do qualify for the regular E-4 promotion waiver, which authorizes up to 17 percent of a unit’s authorized E-4 positions to be filled by soldiers with less than two years in service.
Warrior Transition Units are Medical Command units of battalion and company size that replace medical holding companies.
They are a key component of the service’s medical action plan, a high-priority program for dealing with wounded active-duty and reserve soldiers who are processing for separation or rehabilitating for return to normal duties.
The new promotion waiver policy will be incorporated into an upcoming change to Army Regulation 600-8-19 (Enlisted Promotions and Reductions).
Commanders of Warrior Transition Units can authorize accelerated promotions to specialist for up to 20 percent of the privates first class assigned to their units as patients.
The standard promotion point for automatic advancement to specialist is two years of service and six months time in grade.
Under a recent adjustment to the service’s promotion waiver authority policy, WTU commanders can promote E-3s with as little as 18 months of service and three months time in grade.
The total number of specialists assigned as patients to a WTU with less than two years time in service is limited to 20 percent of that population.
Under the new pay rates that went into effect Jan. 1, the pay differential between E-3s and E-4s with less than two years of service is $23.80.
The new policy does not apply to soldiers who are assigned as cadre to WTUs.
However, these soldiers do qualify for the regular E-4 promotion waiver, which authorizes up to 17 percent of a unit’s authorized E-4 positions to be filled by soldiers with less than two years in service.
Warrior Transition Units are Medical Command units of battalion and company size that replace medical holding companies.
They are a key component of the service’s medical action plan, a high-priority program for dealing with wounded active-duty and reserve soldiers who are processing for separation or rehabilitating for return to normal duties.
The new promotion waiver policy will be incorporated into an upcoming change to Army Regulation 600-8-19 (Enlisted Promotions and Reductions).