Posted on 01/20/2024 5:05:07 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
A new report shows that roughly 52,000 noncommissioned U.S. Army officers have been promoted over the past few years under the Army’s temporary policy implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, which allows soldiers to be promoted without attending applicable leadership training academies.
According to Army data obtained by Military.com, 10,588 of the roughly 52,000 noncommissioned Army officers have not yet attended leadership training academies. While Army policy states that noncommissioned officers are supposed to lose their promotions if they do not attend relevant leadership training academies within a year of being promoted, the Army has been hesitant to demote mass amounts of noncommissioned officers.
The temporary promotion policy for noncommissioned officers was announced in 2021 due to capacity limitations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Army was forced to extend the policy in both 2022 and 2023 due to the system being backed up by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the Army extended the temporary promotion policy throughout fiscal year 2024.
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If it comes to a shooting war, they will be rapidly and violently demoted.
That'll help retention even more...
OTOH I always despised Time in Service (TIS) and Time in Grade (TIG) as a factor for promotion. Lasting out the system doesn't make an NCO a leader. Quality of character and quality of performance does.
Air Force. We had something called WAPS. Weighted Airman’s Performance $hit. 5% of all buck Sargents got promoted to Staff Sargent no matter what specialty. WAPS supposedly evened out discriminatory butt kissing in certain fields. Nobody wanted to transfer into being a security policeman. Low morale, enforcing rules and as one said ‘chasing a dogs ass’. 50% of them got promoted one year.
Now a ‘buck’ sergeant is no more. Changed the title to ‘senior airman’. Us young buck Sargents didn’t set a good enough example-true. It’s shit like that. Made me choose to get out after one term.
Today? God help us.
It’s not “our” military any more (except that we pay for it). It is the military of our enemies in Washington. It was even so while Trump was president.
Over the years the Air Force did another Staff giveaway, around 2008 I think; you could tell a lot of people who made Staff Sergeant weren’t ready for the rank in both maturity, and experience.
Probably worthless DEI and intimidation classes anyway.
DIE training would not seem to be helpful.
Wait a minute now, hold up!
I am an advocate for the troops when it comes to fairness, as I was in for 22 years and retired a Senior Master Sergeant. Good senior NCOs look out for the younger troops and NCOs.
There was a problem here. They shut down all the leadership academies due to Covid so these people couldn’t go. I won’t argue the Covid restrictions weren’t stupid, they were. But what is a soldier supposed to do? Another stripe gives them more pay and responsibility, but through no fault of their own they can’t go the leadership academies and therefore can’t get promoted??? I’ll bet they still get saddled with the extra responsibility, because it’s always there despite who’s in charge.
That’s adding insult to injury.
So the Army is going to wave the academy requirement for a couple of grades temporarily and everyone is angry about it?
I think this is a good thing until they can alleviate the backlog and get the academies flowing again. It’s not the fault of the enlisted men that the system screwed up so badly.
Non coms are more important that comical officers.
You have to understand that NCOs, the trained and good ones, are leaving the Army and other services in droves. From personal interaction with many over the last few years, there is a desire to retire as soon as possible. That leaves upper level vacancies which are being filled with people 3-8 years ahead of normal without the experience or training. Think about it ... your commander is a bearded guy wearing a dress who has a husband.
The NCO is the backbone of our military. They’re more dedicated than the officers who are more political. Also there are more of them to correct and guide the newcomers. I’ve seen more than a few who were quite bitter and wanting to get out first chance they got-20 years. The money ain’t that great except for the retirement. Wasn’t worth it to me.
Logical. If your Affirmative Action NCO selectees are likely to struggle with the curriculum at a mandatory training school.....sidestep the requirement and promote them anyway.
Makes perfect sense in the light of everything else this traitorous regime has done.
All “woke” and not White, no doubt.
But they check off the boxes that really matter.
In my Vulcan platoon, 3 of my 4 squad leaders were E4s. Other platoons gave us short shrift due to our youth. I knew what we had, and I told them that. In our only battery level evaluation, we were the only platoon to pass.
My dad joined the Army Air Corps in 1940 and retired as a Senior Master Sergeant in 1964. He loved serving his country and was very proud of what he accomplished in the USAF. That being said, I’d hesitate to encourage my grandchildren to sign up now, which is very sad.
My dad turned down OCS three times because he wanted to stay with the men. He retired as a Senior Master Sergeant in 1964.
Show us the demographics.
I suspect unqualified blacks and trannies made up all of them.
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