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When You Keep Getting Passed Over for Promotion Despite Your Experience

I have been an E-6 for eight years and just got passed over for promotion again and I am watching soldiers I trained get promoted above me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You keep getting passed over while soldiers you trained get promoted ahead of you.

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