Posted on Aug 25, 2015
How do we make Corporals in the Army relevant?
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If I could wave a magic wand, I would automatically make all promotable Specialists Corporals. If they don't deserve Corporal; stripes, they don't deserve Sergeant's stripes. If they lost their promotable status, they would then revert to Specialist. This would make the enable leadership to promptly identify and place hard charging E-4's in positions of greater responsibility without deference to senior E-4's who are not motivated to go through the promotion board process. Thoughts?
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You don't need stripes to exercise initiative and motivate others around you. Putting on corporal would be a slap in the face to most soldiers. If they show promise as a specialist then mentor coach and guide them. Soldiers don't respect corporals who think just because they have 2 stripes they can treat the soldiers like crap.
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SSG David Dickson
My point is if they have been mentored coached and guided to a successful board appearance. They should be an NCO. If getting 2 stripes automatically makes someone a power hungry jerk, what does it say about us all who have 3 stripes and beyond? Are we all just on power trips?
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SSG David Dickson
Sorry but your comment made it sound like everyone who pins on Corporal is a jerk. A slap in the face to be initiated into the NCO Corps? I can't accept that.
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