Da Form 2166 8 1: Fill & Download for Free

(IMO)The only scenario that could cause that is if that person screwed up so bad that they had a Court Martial, but then they would be busted down to E-1. There is no other way that could happen, of course they would have a prison record to go along with everything else. Pay grades of E-1 through E-4 are unit level promotions that are pretty much automatic as long as you do what you are supposed to and keep your nose clean, they are based upon time in service and time in grade. E-5 and E-6 are based on promotion points called cutoff scores. your promotion points come from:[[SECTION A - MILITARY TRAINING POINTSSECTION B - MILITARY AWARDS AND DECORATIONSSECTION C - MILITARY EDUCATION POINTSSECTION D - CIVILIAN EDUCATION POINTS]][[New Army Enlisted Promotions Calculator]]You have to be recommended by your chain of command in order to appear before the promotion board. The promotion board is made up of the company first sergeants within your battalion,and the president of the board is the battalion sergeant major.E-5 and E-6 each have a leadership school you must attend in order to be eligible for promotion. When I served in the army, as an E-4 I attended Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC) I believe the name has changed since then. For E-6, the course was called Basic Non Commissioned Officer Course (BNOC), the name now is (BLC) Basic Leadership course, this school is Military Occupational Specialty (MOS ) Specific.At these ranks (E-1-E-6) come from your battalion/company level, so if you screw up and get demoted, the demotion comes from that level’E-7 and above are senior NCO’s, you must have 6 years and the promotion comes from the pentagon. As an E-6, you attend Advanced Leadership Course (ALC}, formerly ANOC. You must put together a packet of all your information, letters of recommendation and your NCOER’s.{An NCOER (DA Form 2166-8) is a form used to document a person's performance for a specific length of time --usually a year. Everyone in the Army has their performance rated and recorded this way and, if you're a supervisor, you'll be responsible for writing NCOERs for the people you report on)You submit your packet to the pentagon centralized promotion authority for consideration.[[A sergeant first class is the first enlisted rank to be considered a senior non-commissioned officer, and a soldier achieving the rank gains not only prestige, but several benefits due to the position. For example, a sergeant first class cannot be demoted by standard non-judicial punishment. To demote a senior non-commissioned officer requires a court martial, or congressional approval, and normally occurs only for offenses that carry heavy punishments ]][[Sergeant first class - Wikipedia]]So you now have a bit of insight on how US Army promotions work, so someone with 22 years in would have to be deep in trouble to be demoted to E-2 and due to not making their rank progression in their first enlistment, would not even be eligible to reenlist.