I took it...tough test; I thought it would be more EPME than rating material (since it was for 8, but it was just the opposite). So five took it and they are making three.
I think there were six people; we were trying to gather scores, etc, but stopped once someone objected to it. Right now we are all just waiting to see the list; hopefully it will be out by the end of June. According to the 7-8-9 list, there is currently one vacant ITCS slot and there are 2 proposed ITCM retirements in December 2008; that would total 3 possible ITCS advancements.
Wrong one of the E9 billets is out of rate and does not count - so as we stand at the moment is 1 E9 retirement and 1 short E8 billet. So total is 2 for right now.. Enjoy