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.
The Mashed Potato is a dance move which was a popular dance craze of 1962. It was danced to songs such as Dee Dee Sharp' s Mashed Potato Time. Also referred to as mash potato or mashed potatoes, the move vaguely resembles that of the twist, by Sharp's fellow Philadelphian, Chubby Checker. The dance begins by stepping backward with one foot with that heel tilted inward.