Posted on Jan 27, 2016
Why are soldiers being forced to promotion board?
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With most command teams, I know that some soldiers get told you are going to a promotion board even if you feel you are not ready. I believe that if a soldier wants to be promoted they will show me such actions encouraging me to send them. Thoughts?
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Promotion Board
Training Soldiers
Posted 9 y ago
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The truth is that there are some damn fine E-4's out there. The ones I am talking about do not need to be promoted. They perform E-4 duties to the fullest. However, they do not have the bearing to be a good NCO. I am not disrespecting these individuals. Some realize that they only want to commit to a certain level. An NCO must be much more committed, especially in the Reserve Components, when a lot of activities do not get compensated.
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To me, this question is only a piece of the larger conversation found in the below article.
Whether or not folks agree, not every single person who enlists in the military should become an NCO. The reality is, a large number are not, and will never be the type of people who should hold a leadership position. This is sadly all too easy to see when you look at our current military and the poor leadership that plagues it. To allow those people the ability to continue serving, but not as a leader, we should implement the old SPC ranking system.
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/bring-back-the-specialist-rank
Whether or not folks agree, not every single person who enlists in the military should become an NCO. The reality is, a large number are not, and will never be the type of people who should hold a leadership position. This is sadly all too easy to see when you look at our current military and the poor leadership that plagues it. To allow those people the ability to continue serving, but not as a leader, we should implement the old SPC ranking system.
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/bring-back-the-specialist-rank
Bring back the Specialist rank? | RallyPoint
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...
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For some leaders (after having sat through a few FY training briefings) some leaders are hurting in their metrics for leadership slots and are trying to plug those holes as best they can as fast as they can.
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I get that they need to fill slots SSG. But with the new NCOER format, I as a Sgt can do outstanding things and still get rated the same way someone who does the minimum standard does. Only because they were forced and fast tracked without any knowledge just to fill a slot.
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You both will get checked as "Met Standard", but the bullets of the NCOER is what will set you apart. Also, by the time you are being looked at for SFC your NCOERs as a SGT will not even be in the picture of what the board members are looking at.
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