What do you guys think of current Army promotions (automatic) vs those who actually strive day and night for stripes (to be a real leader)?

Negative, MSGT. What I mean was lower enlisted in Active Duty Army get automatic promotions to Sergeant (hence the term I used, stripes). It seems like an ongoing trend that the ones that know they are going to get an automatic promotion don't tend try (most cases but not all) and max out other requirements while others like myself have to max everything to barely get picked up due to MOS demand, slots and other factors. Read my response to my question below to get a better idea of what I'm talking about.

SSG (Join to see) - Ah, automatic promotions in the Air Force have no bearing on MOS, we call AFSC. Obviously commanders have last say though.

Sir, you're correct and those requirements still stand. The issue that I've been seeing is for awhile is that some individuals can pass all the requirements (I'm talking about E4 -> E5 -> E6+ in this case) but are not so good Soldiers from the get go and yet still get promoted to those ranks/positions, even with their points being so low while others are killing (trying to max every requirement) themselves to barely get promoted. From other people's responses in fact correct as well as the slots are based off the needs of the Army and what is available as a whole. Now not everyone who gets picked up by either barely needing points or get automatic (+/-) are total scum bags but from what I've seen, it seems to be more about quality than quality. I even thought the whole reason everything was getting revamped in the Army was to keep the good Soldiers in and the bad ones out.

I've even tried helping a newly promoted NCO (which also happened to have a low promoting point requirement) one time on how to write a monthly counseling because they didn't know how. All that NCO knew was bad leadership which was given to them before and is now giving it to their Joe's beneath them and that's wrong. It's getting tiring to see people getting promoted into these positions that barely had to work for it, passed everything from the boards and BLC requirements, puts on a show when upper echelon is present (pretending or faking as you will), while others got to go above and beyond just to barely make the cut.

I know the promotion system is not perfect for the Army (Active Duty) but I was also trying to here others opinions on how they would like to change it for the better so that way we can retain the Solders the Army really needs. All this is opinion based off my experiences and as some other responded with the same as well. I would just like for the good Soldiers who know their jobs and know how to lead to stay in rather than not so good ones wanting hand outs and trying to get ranked up just to solely have more money in the bank.

Well that's the thing SFC, sometimes the unqualified ones manage to slide their way through. I've seen it a lot, especially when the upper echelon has not seen the Soldiers true side. A lot of times (speaking on what I've seen for a very long time) they throw a pony show when higher ranking Soldiers are around which gives them a very good impression. Granted what you've told me is correct and I'm aware of that but even some leadership just put a check in the box anyways. I don't want to continue to discuss this specific event(s) because it'll be unprofessional of me to call out so many Soldiers and throw them under the bus.

I'm trying very hard to avoid being a salty Soldier but believe it or not, the shenanigans can be real. The sad part is no matter what the Army has implemented in the current regs and procedures, the unqualified ones still make their way up.

Yeah kind of morphed into several different discussions. I guess it's because when I intentionally tried to type in the limited question that's what was the best I could do at the time.

SSG (Join to see) - Yeah, sometimes how one wants to frame a question or generate thoughts on a topic doesn't fit well with the site. Happens.