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Here is what a 1LT hoping to be promoted needs to know- Your board is 'fully qualified' (versus 'best qualified') which means you are judged on about three things. Do you have a bachelors degree? Do you have BOLC? Do you have one or more Center of Mass or Competent OERs? If the answer to all three is yes then you are likely to be promoted. If you have derogatory information (an Article 15, GO letter of reprimand, civil conviction, one or more APFT or ht/wt failures, or a previously referred OER) then you would do well to write a letter to the board saying that you acknowledge that you did wrong, but that it won't happen again and you can prove it by your subsequent performance. That might sway board members. The MAJ boards (for now) work the same way. Beyond that, you are up against 'best qualified' boards where you are judged on a scale of 1-6 (with a +\-) and have to be above the cut line. Different rules apply. Good luck.
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The counterpoint article was excellent, made me think and reflect of my own time as an inexperienced LT and junior CPT. I sometimes tended to complain and question things too much until a wise mentor, peer, or NCO would set me straight. I believe all of us who have younger, junior officers amongst us have a duty and responsibility to mentor them. Mentoring plays such an important role in our leader development.
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I agree with your words, but in order for that mentoring to be effective, the recipient has to be willing to be mentored. Realizing that there is more knowledge to be learned that what one already knows is paramount. You Sir, are an great mentee, and mentor.
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Light bulb moment! Humility! Without it, mentoring is useless. We must be able to say to ourselves "hey, there are others out there in the world who know more than I do and I sometimes may outrank them or may be older than them, but I have to be humble enough to learn from everyone!" Thank you for the reminder!
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my thoughts - The unfortunate thing is that my guess is he may have the potential to be a decent officer, but this is what he will be remembered for. I sincerely hope that maybe this was the impetus for him to understand humility once and for all. He has several common friends of mine who were WP grads and leaders who undoubtedly spent many hours mentoring him. My hope is that they can sit down with him and help him understand the gravity of the comments (ie the proverbial strategic corporal) and that the army as a whole is better off because it can be used as a real life social media and army core values teaching point.
His fb page has similar rantings, so unfortunately it isn't an isolated event. :(
His fb page has similar rantings, so unfortunately it isn't an isolated event. :(
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