{"id":66128,"date":"2016-06-03T12:29:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T16:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66128"},"modified":"2016-06-03T12:29:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T16:29:33","slug":"army-slashing-senior-nco-ranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66128","title":{"rendered":"Army slashing senior NCO ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Army<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Chief Tango sends us a link from Federal News Radio<\/a> which reports that the new Army Secretary, Eric Fanning, announced plans to cut 3000 senior NCOs loose in an attempt to reduce the force to 450,000 by 2018;<\/p>\n

Starting in October the retention control points for sergeant first class will be reduced from 26 years to 24.<\/p>\n

Master sergeant control points will go from 29 years to 26 and sergeant major control points will decrease from 32 years to 30.<\/p>\n

Last year the Army reduced its retention control points for promotable sergeants first class from 29 years to 26 and lowered tenure of promotable master sergeants from 32 to 29 years.<\/p>\n

The soldiers are forced to retire or go to the reserve or National Guard components.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No one is asking me, but here’s my 2 cents; If I was going to reduce senior NCO strength, I’d start with putting NCOs on the street who had declined an assignment to a leadership slot. If they had been a Master Sergeant or a Sergeant Major for their whole career and never wore green tabs, cut ’em loose. They don’t want to be in the Army anyway – they only want a steady pay check, give ’em the chance. But that’s not the way it’s going to be done – they’d rather use some random process about time in service than an actual measure of excellence and proven performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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