Posted on Jan 31, 2019
As a SSG (68W30), what would you recommend is the next step for career progression and why?
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Example: Broadening vs. Generating assignments, Platoon Sergeant, S-3 OPS NCO, etc.
68W: Healthcare Specialist (Combat Medic)
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Posted 6 y ago
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Check out DA Pam 600-25, It lists the career progression plans for each MOS and outlines what the Army looks at and expects of you at each skill level and outlines education, duty assignments, training and other considerations.
I used this to help my Soldiers and myself compete for the rite positions and additional training to be competitive and it worked well.
Another tool is to look up the AAR reports on your MOS centralized board proceedings for SFC and MSG this document lists what the board saw as important and positively discriminating in the records. My experience was that what the board used to set the best qualified standard closely aligned with what the Pam listed.
While preparing this response I spoke with the MOS manager at the Engineer school for the 12 series Soldiers (I'm an old Engineer and have the number for them) and verified the DA Pam 600-25. He recommends that you also go to the Army Career Tracker web site as they list everything in the Pam plus any thing the regiments have as current priority fills.
Hope this helps.
I used this to help my Soldiers and myself compete for the rite positions and additional training to be competitive and it worked well.
Another tool is to look up the AAR reports on your MOS centralized board proceedings for SFC and MSG this document lists what the board saw as important and positively discriminating in the records. My experience was that what the board used to set the best qualified standard closely aligned with what the Pam listed.
While preparing this response I spoke with the MOS manager at the Engineer school for the 12 series Soldiers (I'm an old Engineer and have the number for them) and verified the DA Pam 600-25. He recommends that you also go to the Army Career Tracker web site as they list everything in the Pam plus any thing the regiments have as current priority fills.
Hope this helps.
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This was absolutely helpful. Thank you. I have read DA Pam 600-25 before and it brings a lot of insight for NCO development. I am an avid user of the Army Career Tracker as well. I have added short term and long term goals that I want to achieve over time. I wanted to dig further and see what personal experiences other NCOs have come across.
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How do you pull the AAR reports for E7 boards? No brainer idea I have never thought of.
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CSM Richard StCyr
SSG (Join to see) - Go to the HRC web site in the promotions. You can also google them. When I spoke to the 12 series MOS manager yesterday he said they are also carried on the ACT now site. ACT Now Army.mil. The AAR comments were very helpful as they discussed the common discrepancies in records seen by panel members and give insight into what they considered as positive discriminators, key assignments and where more NCOs could have been promoted or have been more competitive had they had item x, y or z. Unbelievably jacked up uniforms or out of date/ missing photos were on the list 8 out of 8 years I was a CSM and tracked the AAR comments.
As a CSM I used them to help in developing our NCODP and to help Soldiers square away their records; we did records rodeos with the S1 for NCOs coming into the zones to catch errors and key elements of Info were there, slot and move NCOs through positions based on timelines identified in the DA Pam compared to board AAR observations that would help in their careers. We as a unit had very good selection rates and in one instance had 30% of the overall 51 series selected for SFC which is by any measure a large portion for one unit.
Long answer but sometimes I think it helps drive home the value when you can show results verse opinion.
As a CSM I used them to help in developing our NCODP and to help Soldiers square away their records; we did records rodeos with the S1 for NCOs coming into the zones to catch errors and key elements of Info were there, slot and move NCOs through positions based on timelines identified in the DA Pam compared to board AAR observations that would help in their careers. We as a unit had very good selection rates and in one instance had 30% of the overall 51 series selected for SFC which is by any measure a large portion for one unit.
Long answer but sometimes I think it helps drive home the value when you can show results verse opinion.
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Get out of your comfort zone, see what the Special Operations community might offer, Airborne school, and of course college.
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I was able to get a slot for Airborne school. I currently have the Air Assault Badge and EFMB. I've been doing some research on 160th SOAR, but I was thinking of doing that after a generating assignment like Drill Sergeant or AIT Instructor. I currently possess a Bachelor's Degree. I applied for OCS and I was qualified to attend except for one thing - medical. Plantar fasciitis (whether it is symptomatic or asymptomatic) is a disqualifying factor.
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What positions have you held already? One would need to know that before recommending so as we don't suggest slots you've already completed.
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As an NCO, I have held positions as an Executive Assistant to the Hospital CSM, Squad Leader for Evacuation and Treatment Platoon in a Medical Company (Area Support), obtained my EFMB and Air Assault, and currently deployed as the NCOIC of my location.
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