Will I be reduced in rank for not attending WLC within a year (I'll be deployed during that time)?

I was promoted to E5 last week, and I have a date for WLC in April, but I was just informed that I can deploy in a month (I volunteered), which means I will probably not be able to attend WLC for at least a year.

My promotion orders specifically say "The soldier must enroll in the appropriate NCOES course within 12 months of the effective date of promotion. Failure to enroll, attend, or complete any portion within the allowable time frames will result in a referral to a reduction board per AR 600-8-19, dtd 21 JUL 06."

I guess I can read this to mean that I can enroll again while deployed (within 12 months), and get a date for after I'm back stateside. Does anyone know if this is correct? And if my deploying unit will be able to enroll me while I'm deployed (they're not the unit I will be returning to)?

The Stedman2010-10-30T02:25:20Z

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Straight up, you will have nothing to worry about. References below is from AR 600-8-19 "Enlisted Promotions and Reductions", Chapter 1, 1-27 "Noncommissioned Officers Education System requirement for promotion and conditional
promotion".

Subsection D, articles 1 will state that if you are deployed or are in WTU you will have 270 days from your redeployment or release from WTU to attend the school. Failure to do so with in that 270 days (through the fault of the soldier) will result in your being demoted.

Basically, if you are deployed you have nothing to worry about. It will not harm you. Just make sure that you take the WLC as soon as you get back. In the source section I provided the link to the whole AR for you. If you have trouble finding it with the Chapter and section and blah blah that I provided, it is a PDF file so at the top in the "Find" box type in NCOES, and it should take you right to it.

Hope this helps. Good luck to ya.

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