In addition to getting payments going back to your application date, you can get up to 12 months of retroactive payments for the year prior to your application date (or your protective filing date, discussed below) -- if you were disabled that long ago.
Characters will receive one specialization point at level 7 and another at level 14. Specialization points can be saved for later levels or used mid-level (the Level Up button on the stats sheet will be active if there are unspent specialization points).
under the current promotion point rules specialists e4 can earn a maximum of 75 civilian education points toward promotion to sergeant e5 sergeant e5 can earn up to 100 points toward promotion to staff sergeant e6