https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-the-buddy-system-play-to-much-of-a-role-in-soldiers-getting-promoted <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Wed, 08 Jan 2014 10:01:53 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-the-buddy-system-play-to-much-of-a-role-in-soldiers-getting-promoted <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> SSG Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 08 Jan 2014 10:01:53 -0500 2014-01-08T10:01:53-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-the-buddy-system-play-to-much-of-a-role-in-soldiers-getting-promoted?n=34749&urlhash=34749 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I do think sometimes there is a little of the "good ole boy system." The only problem with that is that it sets the Soldier up for failure in the future. I have seen 20 month SGTs that I had plenty of confidence in. I have seen 12 year SSG that cannot and should not have made that rank. That may have been due to poor leaders being buddy buddy and sending them to the board. So to answer the question I do think there are some that get promoted like that. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 08 Jan 2014 10:04:26 -0500 2014-01-08T10:04:26-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-the-buddy-system-play-to-much-of-a-role-in-soldiers-getting-promoted?n=34752&urlhash=34752 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think it would be naive to think otherwise. Any system, concieved and administered by humans, will be subject to human failings. SFC Michael Hasbun Wed, 08 Jan 2014 10:06:06 -0500 2014-01-08T10:06:06-05:00 2014-01-08T10:01:53-05:00