General Officers are recommended for promotion by a board of peers and superiors in the Pentagon. They are confirmed by the U.S. Senate. 3 years into the Bush administration, wearing her first star, I doubt that she was recommended by a Clinton-era board.
OTOH, I won't dispute that some female GOs are still being promoted who shouldn't be. BG Karpinski is just one shining example of that problem.
You are mistaken. She was/is a reserve officer. Their promotion boards are run by the reserve component, not active duty officers. Promotion boards do not consist of peers of the grade of the officers being considered. She was considered as a full colonel, thus the board would have been comprised of brigadier generals and chaired by a major general or lieutenant general.
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General Officers are recommended for promotion by a board of peers and superiors in the Pentagon. They are confirmed by the U.S. Senate. 3 years into the Bush administration, wearing her first star, I doubt that she was recommended by a Clinton-era board.
You're absolutely right. I spoke too soon.
Karpinski was a Bush blunder:
United States Department of Defense
News Release
March 12, 2003
BRIGADIER GENERAL
Army Reserve Col. Janis L. Karpinski has been nominated for appointment to the rank of brigadier general. Karpinski is currently serving as the chief of staff, 81st Regional Support Command, Birmingham, Ala.
She is a frocked general, so I don't believe she went through the normal process. She's had many problems before with her unit. My father-in-law had a run-in with her during some training at Camp A.P. Hill in Virginia. He's a Reserve CI warrant officer and was trying to teach her MPs about basic handling of prisoners. When her unit was determined to be below standard she tried to blame it on poor training by the CI guys. Fortunately, my f-in-law is the type that saves and files every iota of paper and was able to produce everything necessary to have it shoved right back down her throat. But, that wasn't enough to keep the stars from being pinned on her later on (for quota purposes, of course).