In today's modern military, would there be any benefit to an enlisted structure similar to that of the past?

No you get soldiers stuck with a spc 5 or higher grade because of there MOS not because they are a good or bad leader

I said the same thing in the early 1990s. I loved working in the medical field but had no ambition to stop taking care of sick and wounded to be a manager instead.

I can certainly see some of them. Although you SHOULD want to become an NCO....l knew some who should not have been....bring back SPEC 5 AND 6 wouldnt be the worst thing

No need to bring back Tech's,we have our spec,s I never saw more than spec 6, maybe after 6 move to sfc

I see a great benefit of it up to E6. I have been an advocate to bring back the Spec ranks for years. But I also think that we should get rid of most of the Warrant Officers. To me they are over paid NCO's that don't even lead Soldiers. They get paid more and do less just because they are supposed to be subject experts, aren't all Soldiers supposed to be subject experts?

It's the same as the civilian sector. In engineering we have senior engineers and fellows who make as much as directors. There is huge benefit it maintaining and paying highly experienced subject matter experts who want to stay in...

Yes. I was in at a time when we still had SP5 to SP7. We had lateral promotions for each grade as needed, based on your experience, training and unit needs.

Bringing back the specialist ranks for the administration and technical fields would be a good idea.

Not a bad idea

Having been an enlisted soldier when there were SP5 & SP6’s around I do see the value. We are a much more technologically based Army now and to compete with the civilian sector we must retain (pay) our more technological based MOS’s better. I would also rather they spend their efforts honing their technological skills. I am not likely to have someone from the S6 lead a combat patrol but I do need them to be able to keep my computers and communications up!