What can be done to a Soldier who refuses to study for the board because he will be ETSing next year?

I agree with most here. If the guy doesn’t want a promotion leave him be. There may be the one in a million that doesn’t know he or she is going to be the next CSM of the Army and just needed that extra push. Most just need to move out, did their time served their country. Be happy, make the recruiters get more. That’s what I had to do.

People who don't want to be an NCO will probably make bad NCOs. That's just my thought on the matter.

It's your job to progress, and become a leader. You get paid to do it. You get free taxed resources to do it. Maybe we should stop automatically promoting soldiers due to the lack of motivation. What soldiers forget is you get payed well to come to work. Think of your warrior ethos, and creeds. I thought I would get out and still went to the board. I owed it to my leaders for molding and teaching me their craft and skills.

I have seen similar issues in the Navy. Sailors being forced to take the advancement exams only for them to show up and make Christmas trees or C the way all through the exam. If the SM has decided not to advance all the CoC can really do is document and move on. But for some reason many commanders refuse to move on.

Why would you force such a person to go to the board in the first place? If they want to ETS, then let them -it's their choice. Do you want them to study for their own good or for the unit to look good. I ask because they've already made their desires pretty clear, so why try to force their hand? Let them make their own decisions regarding their promotion and career path.

Joshua88

Let him ETS in peace.

Let him make space for someone new that wants to advance.. it's still a choice, just make sure you put it on counseling so it doesn't come back to bite the NCO in the arse!! Should the Soldier change their mind and then throw you under the bus saying he wasnt counseled or such about advancement.

Leading Soldiers is serious business. If he doesn’t want the responsibility, he won’t make a good NCO. If he is in his primary zone and has to go to the board send him. The board doesn’t have to recommend him for promotion. He will be barred from re-enlisting but he doesn’t seem to mind. If he changes his mind before he ETS’s he can always go back to the board.

When I was first recommend to go before the boards for E5, I expressed to my NCO's that I did not feel I was ready personally to take that step. My chain of command accepted my position, my subsequent development, in my own hind sight confirms I made the correct call for myself at the time even though it delayed my career progression. I had re-enlisted as well.