Source: The Role of Education in the Military Promotion Process, RAND Corporation. As a Specialist (E4), you can earn up to 75 points for civilian education, or nearly 10 percent of the possible 800 Army promotion points. For a Sergeant (E5), you can earn up to 100 points, or 12.5 percent of the total possible.
The Twist was a rock and roll dance popular in the early 1960s named after the song that originated it, The Twist. It was the first major international rock and roll dance style in which the couples did not have to touch each other while dancing.
Year It Began: 1912. Bite of History: This dunkable delight debuted in the spring of 1912 by the National Biscuit Company (now known as Nabisco and owned by Kraft). But it wasn't a stand-alone offer. The Oreo was packaged as part of the Trio: the Mother Goose, the Veronese, and the Oreo Biscuit. It soon became clear that the Oreo was the star of the bunch, and the other two treats became a matter of historical record.