Posted on May 21, 2017
Do leaders counsel subordinates on civilian education?
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Civilian ed is extremely important in today's Army. Do you as leaders counsel your subordinates on the importance of it? There is universities that are regionally accredited that are also military friendly. They award credit to Soldiers for training received that is annotated on there JST. Seven of my junior Soldiers received 36 semester hours (72 promotion points) for just submitting there JST.
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I don't have any Soldiers right now, but during my NCO days I always did. Some Soldiers were more receptive than others. Unfortunately many didn't seem to care until they got ready to put in their E-5 packet and they didn't have a single promotion point from civ ed. Then they were scrambling for a way to get those points in order to be competitive.
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Every single time i counsel one of my Soldiers, enlisted or officer, whether I am their rater or senior rather, I include civilian education. In the Army right now it is too easy and cost effective to NOT continue your civilian education, and whether or not they plan on making the military a career the payoff will still be huge. Quite often the only real excuse for not pursuing advanced schooling while on active duty is simply laziness, and that is unacceptable.
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Sir, I to get lazy to do college classes. My way around it is I sign up every semester for at least one class (this semester I am taking two) and then either I complete it or I pay for it. Up to now the motivation to complete it is that I won't have to pay for the class. I believe my associates (among or things ofcourse) played a role in getting selected in last years SFC board in secondary zone. as of now I have 106 semester hours towards my bachelors. Classes are free, minus the expense of the books. To me it is truly stupid not to take advantage of 100% paid tuition while in the service. On top of that I receive FAFSA assistance which equates to $$$ in my pocket for doing school work.
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I completely agree with you, and congrats on your efforts so far...great job! Stay motivated and never stop learning!
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