Posted on Jan 30, 2023
Marines Consulting Outside Experts for Fixes to Recruiting Challenge - USNI News
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..."The military’s reliance on the pyramid model, where many people start at the bottom and few rise to the top is also hurting the military, Harrison said.
“We build ourselves in an inefficient way to try to maintain this pyramid structure,” he said.
It also leads to an up-and-out problem, where those who want to stay are pushed out because they are not promoted, Cohn said.
The military needs to move beyond the industrial model that drove it in the past, he said, a sentiment Cohn echoed. It is not about putting bodies in the Marines anymore, they said. It’s about finding the best and the brightest.
“That is the Marine Corps today, that is who you are today,” Harrison said. “Is that who we want to be in the future?”
..."The military’s reliance on the pyramid model, where many people start at the bottom and few rise to the top is also hurting the military, Harrison said.
“We build ourselves in an inefficient way to try to maintain this pyramid structure,” he said.
It also leads to an up-and-out problem, where those who want to stay are pushed out because they are not promoted, Cohn said.
The military needs to move beyond the industrial model that drove it in the past, he said, a sentiment Cohn echoed. It is not about putting bodies in the Marines anymore, they said. It’s about finding the best and the brightest.
“That is the Marine Corps today, that is who you are today,” Harrison said. “Is that who we want to be in the future?”
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