Posted on Jan 9, 2016
Between reduced budgets and backlogs, what systems are in place to decide which USAR NCO's are sent to Primary Military Education first?
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Seldom does your budget meet your requirements.
My Advice:
Put them all in, for times of their choosing. If they are go-getters, they'll go sooner. Less motivated ones, later.
When your command says that you don't have seats, put them in wait status.
There are certain certainties in budgeting -
Quota are arbitrary, and do not reflect requirements at a given point, but rather a percentage of total positions. Other units within the command will have "down" years, and not use their allotment of slots. You may only have so much money that is yours, but there is more that is "ours" and the higher-echelon commander decides how to allot it. Who gets it is he who asks first and demonstrates a need. Go get it, and make them say no.
Ones that waited to go to school until August and don't get to go as a result, have no one to blame but themselves... but that's ok, because October of FY17 would be just around the corner.
My Advice:
Put them all in, for times of their choosing. If they are go-getters, they'll go sooner. Less motivated ones, later.
When your command says that you don't have seats, put them in wait status.
There are certain certainties in budgeting -
Quota are arbitrary, and do not reflect requirements at a given point, but rather a percentage of total positions. Other units within the command will have "down" years, and not use their allotment of slots. You may only have so much money that is yours, but there is more that is "ours" and the higher-echelon commander decides how to allot it. Who gets it is he who asks first and demonstrates a need. Go get it, and make them say no.
Ones that waited to go to school until August and don't get to go as a result, have no one to blame but themselves... but that's ok, because October of FY17 would be just around the corner.
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I've been held back due to budgeting for over a year now. The reserves is a mess, at least in my command. It's very frustrating.
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It's not all about the OML anymore according to my CSM. He explained to the BN yesterday in our NCOPD that big Army now wants NCOs in NCOES right away. Meaning if you want to go, it's your schools NCO job to get you in.
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In dealing with Brigade leadership from multiple organizations throughout the past several years I know USARC's priority is to get them into PME ASAP. Soldiers civilian lives, and units budget doesn't always allow that to happen.
In previous posts I noticed some NCO's expressed frustration in getting slots for PME. These NCO's were all different. Some appeared to be high speed and have progressed very quickly through the ranks, and others not so much. When I see NCO's who haven't been very ambitious throughout their careers gripe about "slacker training NCO's" , "leadership failures" or "budget issues" I wonder how much effort they have put into their career to earn these slots.
In previous posts I noticed some NCO's expressed frustration in getting slots for PME. These NCO's were all different. Some appeared to be high speed and have progressed very quickly through the ranks, and others not so much. When I see NCO's who haven't been very ambitious throughout their careers gripe about "slacker training NCO's" , "leadership failures" or "budget issues" I wonder how much effort they have put into their career to earn these slots.
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What happened to train then promote? Or when they are ready? Don't send just because they are E5 and enough time to be eligible for E6 if they are getting 4 and 5s....
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