There has never been a Sergeant Major General.
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marquis de Lafayette
You normally divide by the previous year. The general rule for calculating a relative (or percentage) change is to look at the change compared to the base, or earlier, year.
Depending on the individuals MOS (job), necessity for promotion based on the needs of the Army, their personal achievement's, prior positions held and their records it can take anywhere from 15-20 years. Typically promotion to E-9 Sergeant Major is between 14-18 years of service. The higher in rank you go the more competitive it gets because you are competing against thousands of other soldiers for less than 50 E-9 Sergeant Major slots for that year. The number of slots is based on the needs of the Army for that year.
Depending on the individuals MOS (job), necessity for promotion based on the needs of the Army, their personal achievement's, prior positions held and their records it can take anywhere from 15-20 years. Typically promotion to E-9 Sergeant Major is between 14-18 years of service. The higher in rank you go the more competitive it gets because you are competing against thousands of other soldiers for less than 50 E-9 Sergeant Major slots for that year. The number of slots is based on the needs of the Army for that year.
The Sergeants Major STP list came out last year on 18 August 2011, so it should be safe to say around the same time.
That would be Marquis de Lafayette
James Longstreet held the rank of major general in the Confederate army. He graduated 54th in the West Point class of 1842.
Union Major General William T. Sherman graduated from West Point in 1840. Sherman ranked 6th in his class.
a Marine would need to be in the service for a lot longer than a year to pick up sergeant.
January 1, 2004, high year tenure for Technical Sergeant was increased from 22 years to 24.