Pressing: Manufacturing may be one of your biggest expenses. There are a few different ways this can go down: If you have a distribution deal, your distributor may pay for manufacturing up front and then recoup the costs from sales.
When a opening takes place (someone retires) then the Marine Corps promotion board looks at the available candidates and their fitness report scores to fill the vacancy. So make sure you have excellent scores and reports. I picked up SSgt (E6) in 10 years. Gunnery Sergeant (E7) may take up to 14 to 16 years.
Report Abuse. In the Navy it takes 1 year to go from E-1 to E-3. To go to E-4 and above, you have to take a professional test and a job related test and have a slot open. You also have to be in a certain rank for a period of time before you can advance.The period of time increases as rank goes up.ating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: It took my just over 4 years to pick up Sgt. (E-5) I have now been in for seven years and am about to pick up SSgt. It all depends on your job and how well you do it. For my mos it is not uncommon to see 10 year E-5's.