Thanks. I never went for promotion before and went back and forth on this process, but decided at this point in my career it was now or never. I suspect this will be either 50% or 100% of my promotions. I will *probably* take the LT test the first time I'm eligible, but by the time it would roll around again or I'd be eligible for CPT, retirement will be a very real possibility and "starting over" again likely won't sound very appealing at that point. Our rank doesn't affect our pension (except for the guys who came over from the sheriff's dept), so there's certainly no incentive to go for rank simply for the sake of having rank.
Congrates my friend. Next 5 guys burgers are on me for sure.