About a week ago, I had a small change in my chain of command.  I went to the headquarters platoon, while my previous "senior" medic took over my position in a combat platoon.  At the same time, a new NCO came to join us, making our unit more combat-ready.  While this may seem small to some, this is huge for me.  I've been in the Army for 4 1/2 year, and 4 of those years were spent in the same position of the same unit.  The position of "line medic" is considered a junior position.  Now I am finally in a senior position, so I can prove myself to my superiors and get approved for promotability status.  I am embracing  my new position... it has taken a few days to get used to the new responsibilities, including my new title of "senior escort," for local national contractors.  It's not uncommon for a single soldier to fill even up to three positions, so this is nothing new to me.  The only difference is that my new positions, both of them, are leadership positions.  As such, I'm finally building a good promotion packet.  I can finally stop watching everyone else get promoted ahead of me, and work on my own promotion.  All from this one minor change: New position.