Promotion Points Worksheet (SGT/SSG)
Check your SGT or SSG promotion points against the four IPPS-A categories in AR 600-8-19 (6 Mar 2026): military training, awards, military education, and civilian education.
What this worksheet covers
Name, rank, and unit prefill from your service profile.
Soldier data
- Name (Last, First, MI)
- Current grade
- Unit
- Recommended for
- PMOS
- Promotion month / cutoff score
Military training (MAX 280 SGT / 230 SSG)
- Weapons qualification (scorecard, weapon, hits, date)
Most recent record qualification with your primary weapon, not older than 24 months. Table 3-2 (SGT) / 3-3 (SSG): DA Form 7801 rifle 40 hits = 160 / 110, 36 = 130 / 98, 30 = 85 / 56, 23 = 33 (SGT) and 28 (SSG). DA Form 7814 pistol 30 hits = 160 / 110, 21 = 33 / 28.
- Weapons points (max 160 SGT / 110 SSG)
- Record Army Fitness Test (score, date)
Table 3-4 (same for SGT and SSG): 500 = 120 points, 480–484 = 108, 450–454 = 90, 400–404 = 60, 350–354 = 30, 300–304 = 1. Roughly 3 points for every 5 AFT points. Use your last record test, even if it is lower.
- Fitness points (max 120)
- Military training subtotal
Awards, decorations, and achievements (MAX 145 SGT / 165 SSG)
- Awards, decorations, and badges
Table 3-5: Soldier's Medal or higher 35, BSM with V 35, BSM 30, Purple Heart 30, MSM 25, ARCOM with V 25, Air Medal 20, JSCM 20, ARCOM 20, JSAM 10, AAM 10, Good Conduct Medal 10, AFRM 10, MOVSM 10, Recruiting Ribbon 10 (max 40). Table 3-6 badges: EIB / EFMB / ESB 60; CIB / CMB / CAB 30; Air Assault, Parachute, Pathfinder 10; Senior Parachute 15; Master Parachute 20.
- Certificates of achievement (DA Form 2442) — number × 5, max 20
Only certificates from an LTC-level (or higher) commander or deputy, a general officer, a GS-13+ civilian equivalent, or a brigade CSM count (para 3-16c).
- Airborne advantage (not capped): 20 paid parachute position / 40 jumpmaster
- Awards, decorations, and achievements subtotal
Military education (MAX 240 SGT / 245 SSG)
- PME: BLC (for SGT) / ALC (for SSG) graduate = 150; Commandant's List +20; DHG or Distinguished Leadership Graduate +40
Graduation must be a matter of record (ATRRS) by the 26th of the board month (para 3-17a).
- Resident military training (ATRRS courses, 4 points per week; max 110 SGT / 115 SSG)
Ranger, Special Forces, and Sapper qualification courses earn 40 points each. No points for MOS-producing courses, BCT/AIT, badge-producing courses, PME (other than above), language training, OCS/WOCS, or DA Form 87 certificates.
- Computer-based / correspondence training hours ÷ 5 (max 90)
Whole courses only, completed through ATRRS self-development or Army e-Learning; can take 12 days to post.
- Military education subtotal
Civilian education (MAX 135 SGT / 160 SSG)
- College semester hours × 2 (and CLEP / DSST credit)
Accredited institutions only; one consolidated transcript (or an education center assessment) updated in IPPS-A.
- Degree completed on active duty (+20)
For SSG, the degree must be completed while a SGT. For SGT, it must be awarded after enlistment and before promotion to SGT (para 3-18c).
- Approved technical certifications × 10 (max 5 / 50 points)
- DLPT 1/1 (listening/reading) or OPI 1 (+25, within the last year)
- Civilian education subtotal
Total
- Total promotion points (max 800, plus airborne advantage)
- Points needed to reach this month's cutoff
- Discrepancies to fix and next points to earn
How to fill out the Worksheet (IPPS-A promotion points; DA Form 3355 retired)
DA Form 3355 is no longer an active form. Promotion points for SGT and SSG are now calculated automatically in IPPS-A from your records (AR 600-8-19, para 3-14). This worksheet mirrors the IPPS-A categories so you can check your points, find missing entries, and see where the next points are. When: Before your promotion board, every month you are on the recommended list, and any time a new score, award, course, or transcript should have changed your points. Corrections must be in the system by the 26th of the month to count for the promotion month after next.
Step by step
- Enter your record weapons score (primary weapon, last 24 months) and your record AFT score, and convert them to points with tables 3-2/3-3 and 3-4.
- List each award and badge from your records with its points; add certificates of achievement (5 each, max 20).
- Add military education: BLC (SGT) or ALC (SSG) graduation and honors, resident ATRRS courses (4 points a week), and completed online courses (1 point per 5 hours).
- Add civilian education: 2 points per semester hour, 20 for a degree finished on active duty, 10 per approved certification (max 50), and 25 for a qualifying DLPT.
- Cap each category at its maximum, total them (max 800), and compare with this month's cutoff for your MOS.
- Take any difference between your worksheet and IPPS-A to your S1 with the source document.
What a strong one looks like
- Category maximums (SGT / SSG): military training 280 / 230 (weapons 160 / 110, fitness 120 / 120); awards, decorations, and achievements 145 / 165; military education 240 / 245 (resident training 110 / 115 and online training 90 inside that); civilian education 135 / 160. Total 800 for both.
- Airborne advantage (20 points in a paid parachute position, 40 for a jumpmaster in one) is added on top of the category maximums (table 3-7).
- Badges of the same family are not cumulative: a Master badge replaces the Senior and Basic points (para 3-16b).
- Your weapons score only counts if a primary weapon was assigned to you in DTMS at least one day before you fired.
Common mistakes
- Courses that don't earn points: MOS-producing courses, BCT/AIT, badge-producing courses, and DA Form 87 certificates (para 3-17b(2)).
- Separate transcripts never consolidated. Get one consolidated transcript or an education center assessment of total semester hours.
- Waiting until after the 26th to fix an error; it then misses the next promotion month.