Preparing for Advancement
Enhance Your Life
Through partnerships with AUSA’s National Partners and accredited universities, we offer a pathway to personal and professional development. Participants gain access to a range of online courses aimed at obtaining certifications and credentials that not only enhance their skills within the Army but also prepare them for advancement opportunities and smooth transitions into civilian careers.
Preparing for Competition
Tips for Preparing for Best Ranger Competition
Annually the United States Army Ranger Training Brigade sponsors the arduous Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia. Now known as the “Lt. Gen. David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition,” the event began in May 1982 as a contest among members of the various training camps of the Ranger Training Brigade (then the Ranger Department). From that modest beginning it has expanded to include teams from Special Operations, Army Ranger, and airborne-qualified units ...
Preparing for Promotions
Be, Know and Do
To assist soldiers aspiring to noncommissioned officer ranks, several senior NCO's who recently served on NCO promotion boards and junior noncommissioned officers who have recently competed for promotion collected their insight to offer the following tips ...
Preparing for a Centralized Selection Board While Deployed
Deployed NCOs facing a Centralized DA promotion board may think their prospects are bleak when it comes time to updating those records and reviewing their files, since few soldiers actually bring copies of their records to a field environment, updating the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) and other personal records can be difficult ...
Preparing for Centralized noncommissioned Boards
Recommendations on preparing for centralized noncommissioned officer boards. The information provided is drawn from discussions with senior noncommissioned officers who have participated in centralized boards, have experience in preparing official records for boards, and understand what is required to succeed during the board process ...
Tips for Rapid Advancement
In recognition of outstanding performance, a unit commander may advance soldiers who qualify. Total number of assigned SPCs and CPLs with less than 24 months TIS cannot exceed the SPCs waiver percentage established by HQDA. The SPCs waiver percentage will be published in the monthly cutoff scores and enlisted promotion issues memorandum ...
Preparing for School
Basic Leader Course Information
In recognition of outstanding performance, a unit commander may advance soldiers who qualify. Total number of assigned SPCs and CPLs with less than 24 months TIS cannot exceed the SPCs waiver percentage established by HQDA. The SPCs waiver percentage will be published in the monthly cutoff scores and enlisted promotion issues memorandum ...