Should an officer be allowed to continue to serve on Active Duty after being relieved from command?

As was said by my peers, not everyone is cut out for leadership. I have met quite a few people who were not very good leaders but were excellent instructors and matter experts in their field . As far as should an officer be allowed to remain on AD, that all depends the circumstances and should be judged on a case by case basis.

No

Absolutely. Now as for Enlisted they need to bring back specialists ranks.

Separate !!

I think that if you as commissioned officer or senior enlisted service member get relieved of command/duties you should be encouraged sometimes even forced to retire. If you get relieved of command/duties is pretty much like being fired or am I wrong ?

If you where around for some time like 21 years you experienced. Bad leaders. When I was totally frustrated. I'd say sir lead follow or get the hell out of the way.

Retraining might be in order if the officer has some level of competency

Bring back the old specialist rank structure!!!!

I wish it was that easy but yes, no one should just be passed along. I witnessed it all to often.

This should be a reason to separate an officer, not to make him someone elses problem.

It would depend on the reason for relief. Misconduct yes he should be put out. If someone in his charge screwed up and he was the scapegoat he should stay. Just my humble opinion.

This is way above my paygrade. Just give us leaders that we want to be like/follow and we trust. The reat will fall into place.

I was AF in the 80's and had a commander that was actually anti military member and pro dependent. no matter what happened the military member was always wrong. had a friend who's wife was a slush, one night she wanted another drink, her husband kept trying to get the waitress attention, and wife got mad it was taking so long and stabbed him in arm. there was 6 other people at the table, all their stories matched the husbands, but commander said obviously he did something for her to stab him. then my spouse(ex now thank god) they did not go with me to Italy, stayed in LA, I found out they were using coke so I went to legal and asked them, What is the minimum I have to send my spouse in dependent support? they said for my pay grade it was like $69.00 so next stop finance and decreased my allotment. few weeks later my commander pulls me in ask whats going on, so I explained that I found out they were on coke and I was not going to finance their drug usage. He goes off saying how 69 bucks isn't enough and then orders me to increase it. I told him, I respectfully must disobey that order since I talked to legal and this meets my legal obligation. OMG after that he was watching me with a micro scope, so bad that his own commanders offered to go after him at first I said no it's ok I'll deal with it ,, but eventually they had had enough and reassigned him to go fly propeller weather planes in Greenland(he was a jet pilot before making commander) and black marked him so he could never command a unit again. of course he quit after being in greenland for 4-5 months lol

I think it depends on the individual and why he or she was relieved. There are many cases where people may be relieved that don’t have anything to do with their ability to lead. It could have been an error caused by technical knowledge gaps, or simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Before I got to my boat, the previous captain had been relieved after a collision with a freighter while we were coming to periscope depth. There wasn’t a single member of the crew who thought it was the skipper’s fault, but it’s his responsibility, so he got relieved. I heard nothing but wonderful things about him, and he’s now an Admiral. It wouldn’t have been right to force him out of the service for that. That being said, as soon as you start to treat each scenario differently, politics now have the ability to be played. If that bad leader has a friend in the right place, it can protect that poor leader from the appropriate action being taken. It’s a tough spot.

Depends if the good ole boys relieved them or if they were relieved for cause.

Depends on what you mean by “ousted”.......if he was relieved of command, no.
But in 31 years of active Army service, ( enlisted, warrant, commissioned) followed by 14 years as an Army DoD senior civilian, I have not seen an officer relieved of command promoted. A few shunted
( parked) to positions temporarily until their fate is determined. The Army is too small to have 1 trick ponies.....officers that failed at leadership. My experience, my opinion.

This is a TSA issue as well.

I was in the Corps and then worked for DOD after college. I saw often Officers who should have been flunked out early, or at least not given or keeping some of the important jobs they get, have.
But DOD seems to think all Officers and many NCOs have to be moved along and placed in such jobs they are not good at. Some ask not to be transferred, they know they are not ready or every will be, but DOD does not care. Why, one main reason is they are all "fodder" and so if they fail, so what. Then they can always be replaced with good or more fodder.
I remember one of the best Marines I ever met, he managed to stay in going for his 20, as a well Decorated Combat Vet. He said that's all he ever wanted, no NCO responsibilities, just wanted to stay at the basic PFC or no more than a Corporal level. Last I saw he was a Corporal (for about the 3rd time) and had only 2 or 3 years to go. I suspect he made it, he had that type of can do attitude.
So many get flunky promotions that do no one any good, and so some bad ones that could have been great PFCs or 1st Lts for 20 years get booted. LOL, This system is funny stupid.
People work in civilian jobs for 20, 30, 40 years without ever getting promoted and companies do great with them. They get basic raises don't want to be Foremen, leaders. in charge of anything but their basic job.
Oh well, this is the Military.

Find another command and a non leadership role. Sometimes you rise to the level of your incompetence, not the soldiers fault.

And, here I thought the discussion on this question (which I posted about a year ago) was done and over with! :) The recent attention paid to this topic by the RP community hints at the deep chords struck in fellow current and former service members with prior experiences similar to mine. Although I may not be as deeply involved in this round of discussions on this topic, I will check in and comment as time allows.
Thanks to the RP community for keeping this discussion interesting and civil!