If there was one thing you could fix in the Army what would it be?

Remove the time limits for advancement. If a Soldier just wants to be a dozer operator for 20 years, who cares? Let him.
Bring back the Spec system for promotions. Not everyone wants to be a leader. That doesn't mean they can't be valuable.

I believe they should bring back the higher specialist ranks for those NCOs in technical fields not everyone excells at pushing troops let them excell at their chosen field we were not all combat arms I was a mechanic remember there are carpenters plumbers electricians masons etc in our Army too

Go back to polishing boots and crisp ironed uniforms. I can definitely say that the discipline standards dropped significantly when the army dropped this tradition. There is no longer any pride in ones appearance.

If everyone is a leader then who the hell are we following? If you have a Soldier in a technical MOS who hates his job but tries to reenlist for 11B why would you tell him no? Why do we wear PT belts in a uniform that's already reflective? Why does our medical system focus on catching malingerers instead of treating patients? Why do we bend over backwards to keep dickbag NCOs and Officers but screw over the guys that are genuinely looking out for their Joes? The answer to all of this is toxic leaders. These guys made it ahead because "everyone is a leader and the responsibility will teach them a good lesson." You don't let that Soldier reclass because you worked hard to get here and he doesn't want to be a part of it, so you ride him out of the Army. We wear PT belts because this General wanted another OER bullet so he added something ridiculous. The medical system is a failure because treating patients doesn't give you the same high as fucking over a Joe. And we keep around shot leaders and drum out the good ones because the good ones are an existential threat to the bad ones. Fix the leadership issue. Go top-down and get rid of toxic leaders and start training and promoting the good ones and every problem we have will change.

Get rid of affirmative action with regards to promotions.

LTC (Join to see) Need more uniforms.

The first thing that comes to mind is the cultural mindset that if a soldier maxes their PT test, that they are super troopers and should be promoted solely because of that ONE factor!!! I can't stand that line of thinking. Fitness is important, and should be. However, there are so many more factors to consider soldiers for promotions and leadership roles.

Reorganize and restructure the Combat arm's units . Particularly the Infantry,Armor,and Amored Cavalry.all of these types of unit's need to implement a 5 Element structure, 3 manuever,1 reserve, 1 command. This structure followed all the way up to Army size will give our combat arm's much needed capabilities on the modern battlefield as well as future conflicts. Command element composed of leader, sniper,medic,commo, machine Gunner, manuever elements composed of leader, sniper, machine Gunner, grenadier,commo, reserve composed of ast sqd ldr, sniper, machine Gunner,commo, grenadier, sqd would become 25 when full, plt 125, company 625, battalion, 3,125 , brigade 15,625, division 78,125 and so on ...

Stop changing the uniforms and if we do change uniforms everything needs to be changed all at once including TA50!

The Army is perfect the way it is......and if you believe that, you've never served!

Explain why it takes anO-9 to run the Officer Candidate Schools at West Point, Annapolis, and Colorado Springs, while the ROTC Commanders who graduate twice as many Officers range from O-6 to O-8 without the several subordinate flag staff involved.

Stop attrition reduction tactics. Don’t make it easier. Don’t be nice about it. The fact is if someone can’t do it they are a failure let them own it. If the attrition rate is too high that doesn’t mean lower the standards. The worst case scenario is they find out they are a failure when they get their brothers killed.

When I was a soldier we would be in the motor pool for no reason or the company area just hanging out for hours. Why not let people take care of personal crap or get some other training going? As an E5 I tried to implement training but low and behold I couldn't without permission from the CO down. So I trained in the motor pool on vehicles, but even that became redundant after a week.

Navy and Air Force aren't Grunts

All you gripers try being a grunt.

I say headphones while running I can deal with the rest

Be willing to discipline ncos the same as enlisted. We had an e5 get caught forging his pt test and weapons qual. He got promoted then caught. Nothing happened,

Go back to making boys into men & quit coddling snowflakes will make the army better.

Get rid of the archaic officer/enlisted dichotomy and promote like the Govt. GS 12, eg.

They should get rid of how they do promotions....I see it everyday where you have someone over qualified for a position but may not be good at book questions or quick fire questions but can run circles around anyone in the room when it comes to doing their actual job. I feel like we should have an opportunity to prove our job skill in a promotion like a hands on competition vs. a board answering a question ...