WO1 Private RallyPoint Member 53646 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>Recently my unit had an Operations SGM hold the position for less than 8 weeks. He got a CSM position on the other side of post, and received a MSM for a PCS award. An MSM for less than 2 months in the unit....</p><p><br></p><p>We have SSG's and SFC's that have served in the Regiment for 6+ years, and get ARCOM's as PCS/ETS Awards. Multiple deployments, Top Guns, etc...the best of our best. </p><p><br></p><p>Why is it that awards are associated with rank these days? A LT/PSG can deploy, never leave the wire, and get a Bronze Star. The private who dismounts every single day and goes on over 200 missions gets an AAM half of the time...</p><p><br></p><p>This "boys club" stuff is out of control. In my unit, schools and awards are almost exclusively for Officers. We even had an XO go to Pathfinder school a month before he PCS'd. It was literally described as a "going away gift" for him. </p><p><br></p><p>I have put in five Pathfinder/ARC packets over 18 months and never got a seat...</p> Awards/Schools 2014-02-08T11:28:42-05:00 WO1 Private RallyPoint Member 53646 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>Recently my unit had an Operations SGM hold the position for less than 8 weeks. He got a CSM position on the other side of post, and received a MSM for a PCS award. An MSM for less than 2 months in the unit....</p><p><br></p><p>We have SSG's and SFC's that have served in the Regiment for 6+ years, and get ARCOM's as PCS/ETS Awards. Multiple deployments, Top Guns, etc...the best of our best. </p><p><br></p><p>Why is it that awards are associated with rank these days? A LT/PSG can deploy, never leave the wire, and get a Bronze Star. The private who dismounts every single day and goes on over 200 missions gets an AAM half of the time...</p><p><br></p><p>This "boys club" stuff is out of control. In my unit, schools and awards are almost exclusively for Officers. We even had an XO go to Pathfinder school a month before he PCS'd. It was literally described as a "going away gift" for him. </p><p><br></p><p>I have put in five Pathfinder/ARC packets over 18 months and never got a seat...</p> Awards/Schools 2014-02-08T11:28:42-05:00 2014-02-08T11:28:42-05:00 2014-02-08T11:28:42-05:00