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

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 ...

Have you observed that Women are different than Men. There is a God and he says Men wear Men’s Clothing and Women wear Women’s Clothing and it is an abomination to see clothing switched. MSG Dallas Wills

personnel retention is a much greater problem than all this petty BS.

The Arm doesn't need any fixing is at 4% right now. Find that 4% and make civilians out of them.

C'mon y'all...pt belts in hostile zones! Hello! That is the most stupidest thing I ever saw!
Or saluting in war zones! Just because it feeds some O's ego, I'd rather not be shot for it. There is a gym at Fort Bragg North Carolina dedicated specifically to two individuals doing that exact thing in a combat zone.

redo the out-dated height/weight chart...losing too many GREAT troopers due to this OLD chart...reminds me of the charts the Nazis used for ethnic identification...Just saying...And I'm of German birth !!!! When I saw that chart, my jaw dropped...ah, they want us all to look like Conan !!! HAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!!

Fight careerism. Increase "matching funds" in retirement accounts and get rid of the pension all together. Then end up or out. Have retention boards along side promotion boards. Let people leave and come back as needed. Soldiers at all levels are consumed by concern for their promotions, retention, their retirement. And it's just accepted as a part of army life, even encouraged. Just stop it. They need to be focused on the mission and their soldiers.

Clearly the single thing that will fix all the Army's ills is to change to a new uniform. Bring back the pink and greens and all will be well again. When you look good you feel good; and when you feel good you fight good. ;)

Quit having civilians due Army jobs and have REAL consequences for those who fail to do their job. I am speaking specifically about RPAC/UA. Blatantly do something (or not do something) to cause financial hardship to a soldier.... You get to bear that expense instead of the soldier.

Bring back the higher SPC ranks. Not everyone is cut out to lead soldiers, however that doesn't mean that their career should be limited.

It'd be nice if the entire battalion, battery, mass punishment was taken out. Like why should I suffer if SPC dumbdick over here loses something and then I have to stay overnight because he can't remember where he put it, so we're put on lock down