1SG Private RallyPoint Member 8639943 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you were Commander in Chief for a single day and had the ability to make 1 change in the military what would it be? 2024-01-26T16:23:30-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 8639943

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you were Commander in Chief for a single day and had the ability to make 1 change in the military what would it be?

2024-01-26T16:23:30-05:00 2024-01-26T16:23:30-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 8639946

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would get rid of the up or out policy I have seen many soldiers get out as they didn’t want to lead, and some because they shouldn’t. <br /><br />If a SPC just wants to drive the tank forever, let them.

2024-01-26T16:25:36-05:00 2024-01-26T16:25:36-05:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 8639990

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Increase IDT Reimbursement for Reservists and Guard. <br /><br />At present, the ceiling cap is NMT $500.00 for travel reimbursement for Reserve and Guard that have to travel in to their BTAs. Many TPU/MDay Soldiers have to fly in from great distance. Those plane tickets can get pretty damn costly. Even at my rank and number of years, by the time I get plane tickets (and yes, I do shop for best prices for airlines that travel to my destination(s)), I am sometimes losing money, in essence paying to come to BTA. It&#39;s not too bad a punch to the wallet, but it still hurts. Now, you take these PVTs, PFCs and SPCs that haven&#39;t been in long that don&#39;t make much per BTA but have to buy a ticket twice their BTA pay....those Soldiers are truly getting hosed in the worst way. I&#39;d kick that IDT reimbursement up to $1000.00.

2024-01-26T17:08:31-05:00 2024-01-26T17:08:31-05:00 1LT Private RallyPoint Member 8640378

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Try and decrease burnout by actually establishing predictability. To that end, initiate some sort of policy that protects and enforces the T-week model, with anything 6 weeks out being locked in. No more training assignments or operations coming down to BNs with little to no time to react. The policy would force every commander across the board to get their calendars straight and then stick to it.<br /><br />There would be strict real-world business rules for missions that invade T+6. There would also be greater restrictions on new initiatives by commanders. No more coming in and changing everything on a dime. Commanders will have forcing functions with severe consequences to make them work with what (and who) they have and to lean on their NCOs from the very start.

2024-01-26T23:58:20-05:00 2024-01-26T23:58:20-05:00 SSG Roger Ayscue 8640379

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>1. Since every MOS and school is now open to both genders, I would determine a single physical fitness standard, and all Soldiers in a given MOS would have to make that standard. Eliminate the male/Female standard on physical fitness standards.<br />2. Re-establish both the hands-on and the written Skill Qualification Test and the Common Task Testing Hands-on testing, making the passing of all three a prerequisite for promotion.<br />3. Remove/Redact ALL references to Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Identity/Orientation from all documentation as well as the DA Photo from all DA Centralized boards. All promotions should be based solely on merit and achievement. Nothing else. <br />4. If one male Soldier can have facial hair because his ethnicity or faith requires it, then all male Soldiers can have the same facial hair just because they want it. No One&#39;s ethnicity or religion should give them special treatment.<br />5. Stop using the military as a Sociological Experiment Laboratory. Shift the focus to Combat Readiness.<br />Bring back the Khaki Uniform for Class-B wear.

2024-01-27T00:00:15-05:00 2024-01-27T00:00:15-05:00 SFC Casey O'Mally 8640651

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would require each service to develop and implement recurring &quot;basic training refresher week.&quot; All of the mandatory death by power point bull shit condensed into one single week of classes - if you can&#39;t fit it in that week, you don&#39;t get to do it.<br /><br />Then, implement that week at every single PME course from AIT (yes, even for those who just came from basic) on up through whatever it is that Flag Officers go to to get their stars. Additionally, any course which A) is longer than 4 weeks and B) has a &quot;classroom&quot; portion will add basic training refresher week at the beginning. Finally, each installation will run an installation-wide basic training refresher week. Anyone who has not completed the course through PME / other course in the last 2 years must attend. And I mean everyone. This includes Commanders, flag officers, senior enlisted advisors, even the elusive Chief Warrant Officers. For smaller installations (say, less than 1,000) they will run it annually. For medium installations (1,000 to 9,999) semi-annually, for large installations (10,000-24,999) quarterly, and mega-installations (25,000+) monthly.<br /><br />With the implementation of the basic training refresher week, ALL, and I do mean all, non-tactical / non-METL training is eliminated. Unit level training now consists of physical training, common and collective tasks, MOS skill training / battle drills, specialized skill training (like language sustainment or BlueForce Tracker utilization) and that&#39;s it. No more quarterly EO or annual TARP or any of that. If it does not DIRECTLY contribute to your individual or collective wartime mission, it doesn&#39;t happen at the unit. <br /><br />Plus, with centralized training (and record keeping) there is no more &quot;I didn&#39;t know getting her drunk so she would have sex with me was considered rape.&quot; There is no &quot;oops, I was at sick call that day.&quot; None of it. <br /><br />MASSIVELY free up training time *and* get rid of &quot;I didn&#39;t know better&quot; excuses.<br /><br /><br />Upon advice of the services, I would be willing to extend basic training refresher week to two weeks, if necessary. But it had better be a damned convincing pitch - and it will *not* exceed 2 weeks no matter what.

2024-01-27T08:20:46-05:00 2024-01-27T08:20:46-05:00 MSgt Steven Holt, NRP, CCEMT-P 8641073

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;ll just copy and paste <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="645650" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/645650-ssg-roger-ayscue">SSG Roger Ayscue</a>&#39;s response as my own. I&#39;d also add <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1559253" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1559253-36b-financial-management-technician">1SG Private RallyPoint Member</a>&#39;s suggestion of getting rid of &quot;up or out&quot;. We lose a ton of skilled and experienced troops just because they have no desire to be pushed into a leadership role they do not want (and in many cases, are not qualified for).

2024-01-27T12:58:17-05:00 2024-01-27T12:58:17-05:00 MSgt Shirley Wiggins-White 8641891

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would make sure that each veteran was taken care of

2024-01-28T06:41:23-05:00 2024-01-28T06:41:23-05:00 1SG John Millan 8643830

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Make it hard and warrior focused, quit having heritage this and that days and months, woke, BLM, gay month; eliminate anything divisive or that is soaking up training time. Time spent not training for war is time spent preparing to die.

2024-01-29T15:28:14-05:00 2024-01-29T15:28:14-05:00 SFC Kelly Fuerhoff 8648311

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Except that Congress oversees the majority of things in the military so I don&#39;t know how successful anyone could be to make any change in &quot;one day.&quot; I know it&#39;s hypothetical but we all know changes don&#39;t happen overnight and there are processes to go through to institute any change.

2024-02-01T17:51:46-05:00 2024-02-01T17:51:46-05:00 PO2 Steven Southard 8648402

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Offer pensions to all NCO&#39;s base the percentage of the pension on time served compared to maximum possible service time. So a Navy E4 who serves 10 years would receive based on a max enlistment time of 40 years would recieve 25% of E4 base pay. (Base pay based on the most recent E4 pay scale ensure they are not victims of inflation)

2024-02-01T19:43:18-05:00 2024-02-01T19:43:18-05:00 CPT Lawrence Cable 8648936

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Reduce the number of Generals and Flag Officers by 2/3rds. At my last count, we have 44 4 Stars and somewhere above 900 Generals and Flag Officers (Admiral&#39;s if you don&#39;t speak Navy). My math says were have about 1 general for every 1400 service members. Don&#39;t Full Bird Colonels run Brigades that are large than that number?

2024-02-02T10:14:32-05:00 2024-02-02T10:14:32-05:00 CSM Charles Hayden 8649151

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1559253" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1559253-36b-financial-management-technician">1SG Private RallyPoint Member</a> Order the wearing of Class A uniforms for SMs not detailed to field / actual physical work!

2024-02-02T14:34:07-05:00 2024-02-02T14:34:07-05:00 SGT Robert Urbaniak 8650112

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would close the border for good, and hunt down all the Illegal Aliens in the USA, and get rid of them.

2024-02-03T10:17:23-05:00 2024-02-03T10:17:23-05:00 A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney 8650253

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>EASY: &quot;If I Were The Commander-In-Chief &quot; Today,<br />I&#39;d Make The Arrangements To Execute The One We Had During <br />The Trump Administration...

2024-02-03T11:37:12-05:00 2024-02-03T11:37:12-05:00 Lt Col Timothy Cassidy-Curtis 8650802

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Elimination of &quot;Up or Out&quot; would be my first choice. There are many uniformed services, here in the US, that don&#39;t. I have not noted any problems with them. Finally, it could save taxpayer dollars.

2024-02-03T23:42:02-05:00 2024-02-03T23:42:02-05:00 SFC Robert Walton 8651085

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sorry 1SGT It is going to take more than one thing for me to be happy about the current situations in the Military today.

2024-02-04T10:23:39-05:00 2024-02-04T10:23:39-05:00 1SG John Millan 8652392

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would come up with standardized MOS, rate, AFSC, skill and basic leadership training for ALL services. I would REQUIRE standardized basic combat training for every member of the US Armed Forces. I would involuntarily separate any marxist-leaning or sympathizing troop with an RE-4.

2024-02-05T14:41:30-05:00 2024-02-05T14:41:30-05:00 A1C Adam Dollinger 8661459

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Get rid of most of the generals, the service is top heavy and most are air thieves and a waste of taxpayer money.

2024-02-13T09:45:48-05:00 2024-02-13T09:45:48-05:00 SSgt Dr. Dave Frey 8661765

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As Commander-in-Chief, I would ensure that our country has the weaponry behind us to protect and defend ourselves. There should be an evaluation that our military had superior capabilities than our adversaries so that they would fear the U.S. because of our capabilities. If I only had one day as Commander-in-Chief, and had the opportunity to extend my leadership I would petition Congress to issue an extension of my mandates to protect and defend the U.S. military both from foreign aggression and as well as shielding us at home so that @we aren’t caught with our pants down!” All aspects of our military’s superiority must be upheld not only along foreign borders, but always aggressively superior on our home front! These policies can’t be changed in my one day as “Commander-in-Chief! Actions not in place requires action by all of our people, politically, but supportive by all Americans to ensure our country is safe and protected!!

2024-02-13T12:40:47-05:00 2024-02-13T12:40:47-05:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 8661925

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would put straight jackets on all Trump supporters and send them to a place like Russia because they love Putin. lol

2024-02-13T17:02:51-05:00 2024-02-13T17:02:51-05:00 1SG John Millan 8666898

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Add Sgt. Robert Johnson to the traitor in the ranks list, with Feuerhoff as NCOIC.

2024-02-17T18:21:39-05:00 2024-02-17T18:21:39-05:00 SGT Ernesto Fernandez 8667186

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As much as Posse Commitatus is a valid limitation of our armed force to operate domestically, the US should allow a greater military support role during conditions of certain incidents. When a police officer is killed in the line of duty or if there is an incident of large casualties, I believe improved military support would create a turning point for community recovery. Domestically deploying military air support, working dogs and handlers, medics, EOD and mechanics to support first responders would improve conditions where first responders are stretched thin. Our country needs to come first.

2024-02-18T07:42:20-05:00 2024-02-18T07:42:20-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 8668401

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wow, 1SG, stunning question.<br /><br />I&#39;d secure our fckn border.

2024-02-19T00:26:45-05:00 2024-02-19T00:26:45-05:00 SPC Joni Perkins 8670502

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That&#39;s called the back bone hurrah

2024-02-20T13:51:16-05:00 2024-02-20T13:51:16-05:00 SGT Bill Braniff 8677365

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would revert the Basic and AIT training back to the 60&#39;s.

2024-02-26T07:04:54-05:00 2024-02-26T07:04:54-05:00 SrA Cecelia Eareckson 8681663

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Promote a &quot;We are all on the same side&quot; mindset.

2024-02-29T20:51:53-05:00 2024-02-29T20:51:53-05:00 SSG Mike Zientek 8699843

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>All ID cards would say “Department of Defense” instead of the soft, politically correct, “Uniformed Services”

2024-03-17T18:44:07-04:00 2024-03-17T18:44:07-04:00 SrA Cecelia Eareckson 8707114

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Make it clear as can be that all personnel are on the same side. I agree with some commenters below that &quot;special&quot; days need to go. However, from my own experience ages ago, and from keeping a toe in currently, women who serve are still getting a raw deal in many cases. Perversely, there seems to be some notion that holding social engineering events with local women equates to combat. That blatant pay grab is not helping.

2024-03-24T15:18:16-04:00 2024-03-24T15:18:16-04:00 1LT Peter Suedfeld 8779732

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I agree. I served with a Korean War vet who was a respected corporal and refused promotion many times. Our company commander wanted to bust him to PFC, but I pointed out the man&#39;s outstanding record and excellent ERs, and the captain finally agreed to let him be.

2024-06-10T06:14:58-04:00 2024-06-10T06:14:58-04:00 SGT Doug Blanchard 8783083

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Mine would be a multiparty decree to the DoD. NO changing the names of military installations, PERIOD. Set on physical fitness standard, for both males and females, only religious exemption would be for vaccines, especially experimental ones like the covid vaccine was. No religious exemption for facial hair, such as beards, no matter what. Do away with DEI in the military. These are but a few of what my decree would contain.<br />Lastly I would instruct congress to pass federal laws to to make sure the decrees lasted.

2024-06-13T15:37:19-04:00 2024-06-13T15:37:19-04:00 SP5 Nadene Balcom 8783815

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ex Navy/Army SP5(P) Nadene Balcom 93B.<br />As CIC for a day I would absolutely

2024-06-14T10:03:08-04:00 2024-06-14T10:03:08-04:00 Maj John Bell 8849892

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;d select somebody else to Commander-in-Chief.

2024-08-22T16:51:02-04:00 2024-08-22T16:51:02-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 8850364

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Get rid of “up or out”. If a SPC is a great driver and mechanic let him spend his career doing that. Some soldiers are awesome at job but we’re not put on this earth to lead or manage people

2024-08-23T00:35:12-04:00 2024-08-23T00:35:12-04:00 2024-01-26T16:23:30-05:00