Posted on Aug 17, 2015
Changes for NCOs: New requirements and promotion points. Have You Heard?
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Starting Jan. 1, soldiers must meet new education requirements to get promoted to sergeant and staff sergeant.
These troops will also have to contend with a revised promotion point chart — one that favors soldiers with more education and better PT, marksmanship and foreign language skills.
Under the revised chart “combat experience” will no longer earn you extra points.
The changes are the first phase in a three-phase strategy to expand STEP among the NCO ranks. STEP stands for “select, train, educate and promote.”
Later in 2016, education requirements will also become mandatory to make sergeant first class. STEP extends to master sergeant promotions in 2017.
“This is not just a specialist to sergeant requirement,” said Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey. “Every NCO will have to follow STEP, so that’s a major change.”
Check out this article from Army Times:
Changes for NCOs: New requirements and promotion points
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/careers/army/enlisted/2015/08/17/changes-ncos-new-requirements-and-promotion-points/31410931/
These troops will also have to contend with a revised promotion point chart — one that favors soldiers with more education and better PT, marksmanship and foreign language skills.
Under the revised chart “combat experience” will no longer earn you extra points.
The changes are the first phase in a three-phase strategy to expand STEP among the NCO ranks. STEP stands for “select, train, educate and promote.”
Later in 2016, education requirements will also become mandatory to make sergeant first class. STEP extends to master sergeant promotions in 2017.
“This is not just a specialist to sergeant requirement,” said Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey. “Every NCO will have to follow STEP, so that’s a major change.”
Check out this article from Army Times:
Changes for NCOs: New requirements and promotion points
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/careers/army/enlisted/2015/08/17/changes-ncos-new-requirements-and-promotion-points/31410931/
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No, it shouldn't count because what does a deployment have to be with being a leader? Promotion should be based off stuff you can control and deployment is not one of them. I didn't deployment until I was a SSG, but it was not from lack of trying. However I know SPC with 3 deployments. So even though this new system does not affect me personally I'm glad to see the change.
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No, it shouldn't count because what does a deployment have to be with being a leader? Promotion should be based off stuff you can control and deployment is not one of them. I didn't deployment until I was a SSG, but it was not from lack of trying. However I know SPC with 3 deployments. So even though this new system does not affect me personally I'm glad to see the change.
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No, it shouldn't count because what does a deployment have to be with being a leader? Promotion should be based off stuff you can control and deployment is not one of them. I didn't deployment until I was a SSG, but it was not from lack of trying. However I know SPC with 3 deployments. So even though this new system does not affect me personally I'm glad to see the change.
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No, it shouldn't count because what does a deployment have to be with being a leader? Promotion should be based off stuff you can control and deployment is not one of them. I didn't deployment until I was a SSG, but it was not from lack of trying. However I know SPC with 3 deployments. So even though this new system does not affect me personally I'm glad to see the change.
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No, it shouldn't count because what does a deployment have to be with being a leader? Promotion should be based off stuff you can control and deployment is not one of them. I didn't deployment until I was a SSG, but it was not from lack of trying. However I know SPC with 3 deployments. So even though this new system does not affect me personally I'm glad to see the change.
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No, it shouldn't count because what does a deployment have to be with being a leader? Promotion should be based off stuff you can control and deployment is not one of them. I didn't deployment until I was a SSG, but it was not from lack of trying. However I know SPC with 3 deployments. So even though this new system does not affect me personally I'm glad to see the change.
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They are changing it because we are supposed to "be at peace" now and many Soldiers would not have a chance to earn points for combat. I am all for the points going toward things Soldiers can control such as education and APFT. Let the motivated Soldiers earn as many points as they can.
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I don't believe that anyone should have ever gotten points for just being deployed. That sends a bad message, people who worked in an office on a huge fob for 8 hrs a day and then hit the gym and played their xbox get points for that? We all know more than 1 shitbag that's been deployed a few times. No, that was a bad call. NCOES....again, not jecessary to give points for them. You have to graduate course x to be promoted to rank z, that is the same accross the board...so why give points which are arbitrary when anyone going for that promotion has those same points...it's a wash and being tracked for nothing. Personally though, I don't believe that college or other outside education should count towards anything for enlisted personnel. As an enlisted man your military education is all that should be looked at...and even then only of it directly relates to your MOS. PT and marksmanship I don't necessarily agree with either....but this is a huge organization and there are only so many things we can standardize and then measure...
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Maybe it's something having to do with this new Garrison Army we've been transitioning to for the past couple of years. I don't agree with it but hell I'm only an E-5
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