the Renaissance: the period of European history between the 14th and 17th centuries when there was a new interest in science and in ancient art and literature especially in Italy. : a situation or period of time when there is a new interest in something that has not been popular in a long time.
Every month you are deployed will get you 2 Army promotion points, for a maximum of 30/60 for SGT/SSG. This means that if you have been deployed, it can be a nice addition to your total points. But, if you have not been deployed, it is not going to cause you to miss out on promotion.
Another easy way of gaining points is by doing correspondence courses (Army online classes). If you max them out, you get 78 promotion points. Every 5 hour class correlates to 1 promotion point. Even though the classes are listed by how long they take, they do not take nearly that long.