SSG Private RallyPoint Member 2382729 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> 2017-03-01T12:06:45-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 2382729

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2017-03-01T12:06:45-05:00 2017-03-01T12:06:45-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 2382815

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>SSD is one.. Promoting people with a 300 PT score and an 80 IQ...<br /><br />Eliminate SSD and reintroduce those things into the actual leadership course. <br /><br />Promote based off of merit and knowledge. I&#39;d be perfectly ok with having to take a written and practical test in order to advance.

2017-03-01T12:34:00-05:00 2017-03-01T12:34:00-05:00 SGM Erik Marquez 2382905

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The problem is, most everything you or others are going to list, are going to be personality based things, not regulatory things. <br />And for every commander or CSM that &quot;does that&quot; others will not..so its hard to rid the ARMY of a problem that only exists in the minds of some. <br /><br />I can think of lots of personalty based things in the &quot;Army&quot; that fit your intent, but not really one that is policy or regulation based which could be addressed across the service..<br /><br />One kind of that fits......How about the Armys steadfast refusal to create a TO&amp; E duty position that is vital and required to be filled.. The Company level orderly room clerk. <br />We are forced to fill this position with a troop assigned to the unit for other duties..a troop that has no formal training, and a troop that is LOOSING perishable skills every day they serve in a non MOS role. It does not benefit the SM, though it does benefit the unit at the same time hurts them.

2017-03-01T12:58:40-05:00 2017-03-01T12:58:40-05:00 CSM Thomas McGarry 2383184

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>How about all the required mandatory classes that take away from MOS and other training. I retired in 2014 but we had at that time mandatory consideration of others training, EO training and others. Don&#39;t get me wrong this training was worthwhile but in a Reserve Unit where you meet two days a month in general and you put together a training schedule based on that time constraint and then the Command comes down with mandatory training that needs to be completed in a certain timeframe it can get crazy!!

2017-03-01T14:27:14-05:00 2017-03-01T14:27:14-05:00 SPC Joseph Ahner 2383957

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The entire Army promotion system fails to benefit the organization. The board system is useless. What do you even see except uniform appearance and how well the guy can memorize lines that he will likely forget the next day? The point system is also pointless as all it tells you is where the soldier has been. In order to determine whether or not a soldier has leadership potential you must get inside his head and find out how he makes decisions. What does the soldier bring to the organization? How does he behave toward his subordinates? How does the soldier perform under stress? If you cannot answer these questions properly you will inevitably have a large number of unqualified personnel in leadership positions.

2017-03-01T18:54:56-05:00 2017-03-01T18:54:56-05:00 SGT Christopher Hayden 2384707

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>NTC for units that are &quot;deploying&quot; to Kuwait and Korea. Waste of time, money, and effort just them to sit around doing nothing for 9 months.

2017-03-02T00:03:13-05:00 2017-03-02T00:03:13-05:00 SGT Robert Kromminga 2390137

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Bring back the SQT - Skill qualification test. this test was based on your MOS and rank, in order to get promoted you had to pass the test for the next higher level and it included stuff from each of the lower levels - for example - a skill level 30 should be able to know and do the functions of a level 20 or 10. In other words a E-6 had to be able to do the same functions as an E-1. The test was spilt between written and hands on. it is a individual test not a group thing. I have seen a lot of people simple get promoted because they attended a 2-week leaders course; memorized enough to pass the test, pass the APFT and qual with weapon; but they don&#39;t know the tasks of the skill level they are know in charge of teaching to others. The Army needs to overall the promotion system and make it a system of ability, knowledge and performance in the MOS.<br />I remember 2 quotes from some of the best leaders I have ever had:<br />1. &quot;Know your job, learn the job above you, teach the job below you.&quot;<br />2. &quot;You have been trained to do a job, do the job.

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