Do you feel that the current promotion point system is designed to capture the best leaders for the Army or is it designed to promote the Soldiers who look best on an Enlisted Records Brief? I have met Soldiers who look great on paper, but couldn't navigate north with a compass in their hand.
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Promotion System. E5 and below promotions is fine the way it is. Promotion to E6,
the only change I would make is; make it a Brigade Level Board and Platoon
Sergeants are the Sponsors. Currently at
the BN and below level, there’s too much familiarity with the person, especially
if they are “board-babies”, they would be required to not only answer
questions, but in scenario driven questions based on the board topics (similar
to Audie Murphy boards). Then they would
provide their records file like for the E7 boards for review. This way they can
be head-on questioned about anything questionable in their files. E7 boards I
think should be done the same way, but at Installation level. Sure, the process may take a long time, but
the fix, give notice and break it down by alphabetical order or numbers
according to days to convene. This would force a “self-weed out” process,
whereas those know they may not be worthy of promotion at that time won’t
compete or even show-up. Screenings are done at the same time to reduce the
force (QSP/QMP). Those at outlier stations/deployed can stay under the current
system and have questionnaires or VTCs set-up to accommodate the questioning
process. 1SGs would be the Sponsors to these aspiring individuals seeking to
make E7. E8 and above, I would leave it
as it is. What are your thoughts on the promotion system?
Promotion System. E5 and below promotions is fine the way it is. Promotion to E6,
the only change I would make is; make it a Brigade Level Board and Platoon
Sergeants are the Sponsors. Currently at
the BN and below level, there’s too much familiarity with the person, especially
if they are “board-babies”, they would be required to not only answer
questions, but in scenario driven questions based on the board topics (similar
to Audie Murphy boards). Then they would
provide their records file like for the E7 boards for review. This way they can
be head-on questioned about anything questionable in their files. E7 boards I
think should be done the same way, but at Installation level. Sure, the process may take a long time, but
the fix, give notice and break it down by alphabetical order or numbers
according to days to convene. This would force a “self-weed out” process,
whereas those know they may not be worthy of promotion at that time won’t
compete or even show-up. Screenings are done at the same time to reduce the
force (QSP/QMP). Those at outlier stations/deployed can stay under the current
system and have questionnaires or VTCs set-up to accommodate the questioning
process. 1SGs would be the Sponsors to these aspiring individuals seeking to
make E7. E8 and above, I would leave it
as it is. What are your thoughts on the promotion system?
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