Promotion standard). Lately everybody is singing that we have a new problem with promotions and the units in the field have broken the system for selecting, boarding and promoting young ![]() ![]() Want to get an Army leaders interest in a program? Just compare their work performance, not against an established standard, but against their peers (there is no Officers for failing to recommend deserving soldiers for promotion. I have seen charts and slides comparing installations and their number of eligible versus those recommended toĮach other. Many bean counters and senior staffers involved in the personnel and promotions arena are pointing the wicked finger of shame on the Army’s senior noncommissioned There has been much pressure on unit leaders to hurry-up and get specialists to the promotion board. forces left behind in Europe after World War II were faced with a similar problem. While units were rapidly demobilizing and returning home, Occupation forces were receiving replacements with little training or combat experience. Noncommissioned officers were selected from the ranks and placed in charge, only to be required to perform the unique duties of an occupying Army. In Vietnam it was the attrition of combat, the tour limit and the separation of noncommissioned officers that took its toll on the NCO Corps. The Army was faced with sending career noncoms back into action sooner or filling the ranks with the most senior private first class or specialist. The Noncommissioned Officer Candidate Course, patterned after the Officer Candidate Course, was developed to train raw recruits to serve as squad and team leaders in Vietnam. Fast forward to today. They received little more then basic recruit training and then they joined their units. These forces were considered inexperienced and unsophisticated by the allied forces and suffered high casualties. His force was so untrained that Pershing demanded that more attention be given to training and developing In the recruiting depots in the United States, inductees were shipped off to Europe as soon as they could be inducted, clothed, equipped and minimally trained. There was no pool of skilled noncommissioned officers to choose from, so they were selected from the ranks. War I about unskilled noncommissioned officers. John (Black Jack) Pershing learned the hard way during World Yet the question arises, ∺re we filling the ranks with unskilled soldiers, and if so, are we going to pay for it in future conflicts? In the opening quote from George Hegel, Gen. In the past several years promotions to sergeant and staff sergeant have risen dramatically, due in part to the Change In NCO Structure. I introduce this again to readers who likely never read those concerns and predictions. 11, 2011 caused Army leaders to face much tougher challenges. Though it initially caused a stir, the debate was short-lived as the tragic events of Sept. It also highlights how we got to where we were (at the time). This is a reprint of my Winter 2000-2001 article on the state of affairs concerning proposed changes to the semi-centralized promotion system, and some historically significant data points that reinforced assertions. ![]() The only lesson of history is that men never learn anything from history.
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