Posted on Sep 9, 2014
Is this a fair change to Centralized Promotions?
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Here's the scenario: A centralized promotion board is meeting and the members receive a pile of records. In those records are an ERB, and the past 5 evaluations.
Catch: No where on those records or ERB is there any mention of gender or race. Evaluations that have gender describing terms such as "him, her, his" are redacted. This way you are only referencing what that person has accomplished. Thee is no photo in the record.
Once you have determined based on evaluation of performance and potential who you are selecting for promotion will you be advised on their gender, race and see their photo.
Is this fair?
I pose this question to students all the time so based on replies I will add other key points.
Catch: No where on those records or ERB is there any mention of gender or race. Evaluations that have gender describing terms such as "him, her, his" are redacted. This way you are only referencing what that person has accomplished. Thee is no photo in the record.
Once you have determined based on evaluation of performance and potential who you are selecting for promotion will you be advised on their gender, race and see their photo.
Is this fair?
I pose this question to students all the time so based on replies I will add other key points.
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When sitting an accessions board I did not vieew the DA Photo until I was completely done assessing the packet before me, frankly I did not look at the race, sex or religion of anyone assessing for warrant officer, I looked and concentrated on POTENTIAL based upon recorded performance (NCOERs and civilian evaluations), APFT scores, and college (to include GPA and currency). These are merely indicators to one's ability to grow in the next rank if afforded the opportunity. I think the Army has done a good job in the process, the fact that folks see people promoted whom they have heartburn with is a function of manning the force more than the board itself.
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CW5 Sam R. Baker
SFC William Laws , none of it at all was blocked for me and I just didn't look at it. Age only matters for accessions boards due to flight for a branch mandated cut off age unless a waiver is approved. I just wrote a letter for a 36 year old NCO who was by far the best candidate I have ever seen for flight school, but the branch turned down his waiver request for age. I frankly don't think HRC should ever block any information, but there are a lot of folks who want stuff blocked! Why does a promotion ORB/ERB have family status blocked? It goes on and on, but frankly I look at the areas stated above regarding potential.
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