Is it time to rethink how military conducts performance reviews? New industry practices are on the horizon

The issue with this is that our Evaluation system is also our periodic Counselling system. They're our "azimuth checks" and although I'm a big proponent of more often is better, we do need it to be at least semi-formalized to ensure there is consistent standard across the board.

Since we also have a very formalized advancement system, which does not have external feeding (everyone starts at the bottom), this becomes necessary. Sure it may not be the best way to do things, but it's the best we have.

On the civilian side, you can "interview" for the next job/position you want. For the military you rank is your interview, which combined with transitions every 2-3 years works out to a completely different model.

Everybody needs a trophy for participation even if you don't pass your PT test. We should end every counseling with a hug and a resounding, "Go get 'em Tiger".

When we are all speaking Chinese we can wonder what went wrong.

The Army has already started doing that. The new NCOER rolls out in December. I am excited.