Every 3 years PCS. Dumb or dumber?

MAJ (Join to see)
Sir,
Luckily FORSCOM is looking into this. I only know because of a recent meeting with the FORSCOM CSM. Hopefully things will change sooner rather than later and you are spot on with your assessment.

PCS'ing isn't particularly fun, but it's a necessary evil. Keep in mind that as long as we have overseas assignments like Korea, Germany, and other places, the military will have to keep doing the PCS shuffle. If you've been stationed overseas and didn't like it, you were likely counting down the days to when you headed back to the States. Since those places need G.I. bodies to occupy them, PCS'ing is a must...unless we can round up all the people that swear up and down that they love those places and keep them there. :-) Then maybe the rest can stay put wherever.

The reason is knowledge if troopers stay in the same unit for extended periods of time they can become stuck with one limited set of skills however if a Trooper is closed to different units they become more well rounded.

I have ever in 4 units across 3 duty stations , this exposed me to unique scenarios that my peers who have only seen 1 unit will never have.

I am able to share that experience with my new unit, impacting new troopers. This is what makes the PCS process a necessity to keep our Army on point.

Sure it can even costly but the benefits have an intangible value that you simply can't dismiss.