Posted on Oct 19, 2021
Army to briefly promote senior NCOs without schooling next month
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Senior noncommissioned officers who have not yet graduated from the Master Leaders Course may still be promoted in the coming weeks, said the Army’s top enlisted Soldier.
The new policy starts Nov. 1 and will briefly promote qualified Soldiers to E-8 for up to a year to provide them time to complete required schooling, or enter proof of graduation into the service’s backend personnel system.
“If you’re on the OML [order of merit list], we’re going to promote right off [it] if there’s a requirement,” said Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston during an event at the Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition Wednesday.
Grinston noted the policy doesn’t mean every Soldier on the list will be promoted. But since they may face a variety of situations, from those who’ve already gone to school to those who are attending now, many will, he said.
The new policy starts Nov. 1 and will briefly promote qualified Soldiers to E-8 for up to a year to provide them time to complete required schooling, or enter proof of graduation into the service’s backend personnel system.
“If you’re on the OML [order of merit list], we’re going to promote right off [it] if there’s a requirement,” said Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston during an event at the Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition Wednesday.
Grinston noted the policy doesn’t mean every Soldier on the list will be promoted. But since they may face a variety of situations, from those who’ve already gone to school to those who are attending now, many will, he said.
Army to briefly promote senior NCOs without schooling next month
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Here’s just a question. What about the folks that are MLC graduated but don’t have the 36 months TIG? It’s like they’re punishing the ones that were go getters by whatever way they got in 4187, walk on, short notice etc but promote the ones waiting for the Army to send them. Am I looking at this wrong?
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1SG (Join to see) - It's not hard - but I have noticed he does respond quite frequently to people on Twitter.
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I wouldn't necessarily call the NCO's who have completed MLC before the PME requirement for pin on "Go Getters". Majority of us hard charging NCOs are either deployed or just to much of an asset to are unit for them to allow us to attend. I was only afforded the opportunity to go because HRC Slotted me.
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MSG (Join to see) I definitely hear you on that but the fact anyone is not allotted the opportunity because your unit needs you is crap. It’s literally in the Army song it would keep rolling along. The mission shouldn’t stop because of one person. I personally have never denied anyone of my Soldiers from doing anything because we “need” them. However I have seen units do that and it truly piss me off. How can you say they’re essential to your unit but don’t allow them to excel if the opportunity arises.
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