Posted on Jan 28, 2014
Should the Army bring back the Specialist titles?
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When I joined the Army we Specialist 4-6 (SP7 had just been discontinued). It provided those Soldiers who had technical expertise and experience the opportunity to progress and earn more pay. However they typically were not "green tab" leaders and were subordinate in rank to a "sergeant" of the same pay grade (SSG & SP6). I've often thought over the years that the Army deleted a program that brought added value to the organization by discontinuing these ranks, as not all Soldiers are not going to be good leaders but should have the opportunity to progress based on their occupational expertise.
Should the Army bring these ranks back?
Should the Army bring these ranks back?
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SP6
Posted 12 y ago
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I saw too many SP5 & SP6 mistreated by hard stipe NCO’s. Thought they could act like asses and treat the SPC Soldiers like crap. Saw many of them pushed to their limits and fight back just to get UCMJ action taken against them.
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Absolutely agree. We have formations that would greatly benefit from having more Specialists and less NCOs, and I mean that in a good way. We have so many positions that don't require any sort of leadership, but are deserving of being an E5-E7. Not everyone is a leader but can add value to the organization. When in a situation where a leader is needed you would be able to look to the NCO, not just the highest pay grade. In my mind an NCO would "out rank" (or really lead) a Specialist of any pay grade.
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SP5 Richard Dawson. I think they should bring back the specialist grade. I served in the Army Security Agency and had no desire to become SGT E-5. We were unique in that we were never going to be thought of s leaders but we were extremely good at our job (Intelligence) and provided this country invaluable information. Most of the guys I was in with were of like mind as I was. They also should bring back proficiency pay as well. If you worked as hard as we did in our MOS and performed at a high level you should be rewarded.
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I would reather go back to the old days, when and ssg would work hand in hand with all lower enlisted soldiers. But now sgt are the trainers and ssg take care of admin duties, bad part with this is alot of the sgt have no clue what their doing in their mos.
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Never understood the use of SP4 instead of Corporal for "combat MOS" people.
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