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Depends on which unit of the US Army the soldier is in.
- Private (E-2) - 6 months
- Private First Class (E-3) - 1 year
- Specialist/Corporal (E-4) - 18 months
- Sergeant (E-5) - 4.2 years
- Staff Sergeant (E-6) - 8.5 years
- Sergeant First Class (E-7) - 13.6 years
- Master Sergeant/First Sergeant (E-8) - 17 years
- Sergeant Major (E-9) - 20.8 years
(Spec Ops takes 18 months) How long it takes for a soldier to rank up is dependent on the MOS and the number of vacancies there are in that job. However, Each year Congress passes the Defense Authorization Act which tells the Army how many Active Service Member it can have. On top of that it tells them the Percentage of members it can have in each C/O rank.
There's also the World Famous US Army Promotion Personnel System. Which lets not get started on.
Your just a dumb@$$. <---Insult intended