Can someone please give me accurate gouge as to how this promotion works in reality? It seems like every person I ask gives me a different version of the process.
Let's say I commissioned directly into the Reserves on 02/16/2022. That means my two-year anniversary would be yesterday, 02/15/2024. Is my promotion effective today, 02/16, or do I need to wait for the first day of March? Do I need my CO (or my NRC's CO) to sign anything to make it legal?
My understanding is that, for O-1 to O-2, it is effective on the two-year anniversary date. If you look in
the NAVADMIN list, the lowest rank of published promotions is Lieutenant so I can't see how I could wait for a message for the promotion to be effective. (This makes me think that O-2 to O-3 is automatic
but you need to wait for the next NAVADMIN.)