Leveling the playing field: Big changes to NCO promotions on the way

I can see the up side to this, I can also see doe down side. I am guessing counseling statements will keep those who don't deserve from automatic recommendation? I know the Army needs good leaders, but I also know not every soldier is a leader. I have preached it for years. My other question is : Do we want leaders who just meet the standards (referring to the APFT score). If you only go by the standard, why should a soldier excel?

Believing that every soldier is a leader is like believing that everyone can cook. While the Army has tremendous opportunities and schooling for leadership not everyone can lead Let's face it, we all probably know someone who can't boil water without messing it up and who wants a book taught person who gets lost on their way to the latrine as their team leader. Let's be real, the local chain of command knows their soldiers better than a centralized system and should be the recommending authority. I think there may be some overlooked promotions but all in all the system works fairly if the chain of command does their job. The biggest problem for most soldiers is the allocation by MOS makes it difficult for some soldiers to get selected. It is not the soldier's fault that their MOS is limited in promotions and they are high performers. They have to sit by the wayside and watch lesser performers in other MOSs pass them by simply because they have the wrong MOS. I say promote the best soldiers with the best leadership potential and when they reach the junior NCO ranks DA will balance the scales either by reclassification or other opportunities. The only upside I see in the centralized system is that it will force commanders to send under performing soldiers to selections boards to complete the process of moving them to civilian life. The problem is that some will get through and we end up with a watered down NCO corps. Just my thoughts.