What do you think of "sh*tbag" promotions?

SSG Bill M
If there are Soldiers in your unit getting promoted and are not flagged for APFT failure, Army Body Composition failure, or doing drugs you need to bring that to someone's attention. That is not the way the Army works whether it's Active, Guard or Reserve.

If the chain of command will not listen there is always the IG or the National Guard Bureau.

Units that fail to uphold or adhere to standards get NCOs that will not enforce them either.
You reap what you sow.
I am not a zealot for ruthlessly enforcing policy; I believe in a total Soldier concept. But when it comes to awards and promotions, if you make a new standard, everyone in the ranks who does the right thing gets the message that it doesn't matter if they work hard, only if they are favored by their leaders. The ramifications of this are huge in a unit. It impacts retention, attendance, and morale - the intangibles that hold a unit together.

SSG Bill M, you may not be in a position to make those decisions, but you can make a difference. Impress upon your Soldiers the importance of standards. Breed a culture that says that you are "better than" the ones who don't do the right thing. I promise, they will respond.

same thing in my unit. my section SGT got promoted, and I was in line for his job. had all the qualifications, top of the promotion list. my platoon SGT actually called me and said there was an opening in another unit. tried to convince me that I had to transfer in order to get promoted because he wanted one of his friends to get the slot that was open in our unit. I finally called the CSM and got things squared. I had been to PLDC, maxed the PT test, shot 38 for 40 on the range, had college credit, did all the right things, had excellent evaluations, yet saw many people promoted who never passed PT test, couldn't pass physicals, never been to any NCO schools who got promoted. and I'm not the only one this happened to.