Posted on Aug 17, 2015
Changes for NCOs: New requirements and promotion points. Have You Heard?
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Starting Jan. 1, soldiers must meet new education requirements to get promoted to sergeant and staff sergeant.
These troops will also have to contend with a revised promotion point chart — one that favors soldiers with more education and better PT, marksmanship and foreign language skills.
Under the revised chart “combat experience” will no longer earn you extra points.
The changes are the first phase in a three-phase strategy to expand STEP among the NCO ranks. STEP stands for “select, train, educate and promote.”
Later in 2016, education requirements will also become mandatory to make sergeant first class. STEP extends to master sergeant promotions in 2017.
“This is not just a specialist to sergeant requirement,” said Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey. “Every NCO will have to follow STEP, so that’s a major change.”
Check out this article from Army Times:
Changes for NCOs: New requirements and promotion points
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/careers/army/enlisted/2015/08/17/changes-ncos-new-requirements-and-promotion-points/31410931/
These troops will also have to contend with a revised promotion point chart — one that favors soldiers with more education and better PT, marksmanship and foreign language skills.
Under the revised chart “combat experience” will no longer earn you extra points.
The changes are the first phase in a three-phase strategy to expand STEP among the NCO ranks. STEP stands for “select, train, educate and promote.”
Later in 2016, education requirements will also become mandatory to make sergeant first class. STEP extends to master sergeant promotions in 2017.
“This is not just a specialist to sergeant requirement,” said Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey. “Every NCO will have to follow STEP, so that’s a major change.”
Check out this article from Army Times:
Changes for NCOs: New requirements and promotion points
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/careers/army/enlisted/2015/08/17/changes-ncos-new-requirements-and-promotion-points/31410931/
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Disgusting. A military that doesn't value combat experience. Guess all the deployment dodgers finally got a say.
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CPT (Join to see) - No guarantees; Leaders should be well rounded to include combat experience.
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SSG (Join to see) - So if a soldiers gets DA select Recruiter as a SGT and can't deploy should he not be promoted to SSG due to his lack of combat experience?
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CPT (Join to see) - So if a soldier comes down on multiple deployment orders as a SGT and can't attend civilian education courses not be promoted to SSG due to his unit's OPTEMPO, resulting in his lack of civilian education?
Kind of makes me feel like the mid to late 90s are returning again.
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It's people who will never deploy who will be made leaders over multiple deployment soldiers. I thought the main reason behind military was development and training to defend the country in times of need. I also posted this same link
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