{"id":147453,"date":"2023-09-19T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=147453"},"modified":"2023-09-17T22:26:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T02:26:25","slug":"temporary-nco-promotions-going-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=147453","title":{"rendered":"Temporary NCO promotions going away"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the last two years, the Army has been allowing promotions to NCO ranks without required service schools.<\/p>\n

According to the memo from Lt. Gen. Doug Stitt, the Army\u2019s top personnel officer, the change is meant to finally implement the service\u2019s largely unrealized \u201cselection, training, education, and promotion\u201d or STEP, vision for enlisted talent management.<\/p>\n

Beginning January 2024, active duty enlisted soldiers \u2014 and their permanent full-time counterparts in the Army Reserve \u2014 are ineligible for promotion to sergeant or beyond unless they\u2019ve completed their professional military education, such as the Basic Leader Course. The Army National Guard and part-time Reserve troops will see the policy change begin in October 2024.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Army Times<\/a><\/p>\n

Having a professional, educated NCO corps is at the heart of the modern US military and the core of what made us great. The fly in the ointment, at this particular point in history, is whether the NCO academies are actually teaching NCO skills or are they concentrating on pronouns, alternative genders, and other such tomfoolery. It should not happen – but there are too many other things the military has embraced which , frankly, seem more likely to get our kids killed rather than teaching them how to “kill people and break shit” like they should.<\/p>\n

Of course, I am sure there are enough slots at the training schools to get the better candidates in classes? I remember USAREUR having a large backlog of such slots in the ’70s, wherein company-sized units might get one slot allocated to them a quarter. Held a lot of good kids back. I am sure the powers that be have made sure before promulgating the STEP policy that there are no such bottlenecks now, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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