Posted on Mar 30, 2014
How much time do you spend preparing your Soldiers for a promotion board?
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Do you give study advice? Do you encourage other successful board attendees to help with preparation? Do you hold mock boards in your company area? Do you inspect uniforms with enough time for corrections prior to board day? Do you just notify a Soldier of the board date and let them figure it out as a way to measure their desire to be considered eligible to compete for rank?
The reason I ask is I have sat on a few promotion boards and I often wonder about the time that the leader has or has not put into the Soldier attending. I realize that one cannot make a Soldier study or fully prepared but there should in my opinion be a degree of coaching by a leader. I am curious on your thoughts and experiences that have been successful or not.
The reason I ask is I have sat on a few promotion boards and I often wonder about the time that the leader has or has not put into the Soldier attending. I realize that one cannot make a Soldier study or fully prepared but there should in my opinion be a degree of coaching by a leader. I am curious on your thoughts and experiences that have been successful or not.
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One thing I like to do during the mock board is to video tape them, but I do not let them know about it. It really shows them their mannerisms and how they look from our side of the table. Another thing I really stress is the bio. Most people get nervous at a board and I tell them, the bio should relax you because you are talking about a subject you know so well, and that is yourself. A good bio just really sets the tone for the rest of the board.
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CPL Dave Hoover
Going to Soldier of the Month Boards really helped me. Confident and not worrying when I didn't know the answer helped me to not get rattled.
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I share all my experiences from the many boards (competition and promotion), ask questions about his/her ERB and PPW, organize mock boards and give tips, offer a study buddy, and ask about his/her motivation for attending the board.
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I give advice on the kind of facing movements they might make inside the board. At least one a week in the month prior to the board conduct a mock board for the soldier to help relieve some of the stress they might have as well as simulate some of the stress they might receive in the board. I inspect my soldiers prior to them being inspected by 1SG on there ERB and then there uniform make sure they have the correct ribbons and there pt test and weapons qual are up to date on there ERB. Give them tips on how I would study by writing the question and answer on 3x5 index card worked for myself. But now soldier have to read and know the new DPAM instead of the army study guide.
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had 1 soldier go on to win bn soldier of the month from my previous unit and currently preparing a young specialist to compete at the may bn soldier of the month board.
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