I'm mainly going by the British rank system because its what I have most experience of, so Lance Cap is the first proper promotion a soldier gets and PFC is, as you said a seniority thing (even though it is extremely American). However, the Militia was only called up about three weeks ago IC and the majority of conscripts wouldn't have enough experience to be automatically bumped up a pay grade. Considering we already have 5 PFCs to 4 Privates, I won't be accepting any more characters that start above the rank of Private. Promotions may come later, if/when the character earns them.