Posted on Jun 19, 2016

Should civilians be allowed to lateral entry into high ranking officer positions?

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As part of the future force, Ash Carter has recommended exploring lateral entries of life long civilians into positions as high as O6.

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For all positions save doctors and lawyers, I disagree. Vehemently.

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How can “lateral entry” into the military's upper ranks be successfully implemented?

After reading this Military Times article, I'm very interested in hearing your thoughts on how this lateral entry program of placing civilian professionals into military leadership roles can be successfully implemented. The biggest issue I see, will be figuring out how to culturally integrate these civilian transfers into the units they will be serving in. The level of respect an O-6 or NCO earns over a career is a very hard thing to put down on paper and measure in the civilian world. What would it take to make this program succeed?
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Should civilians be allowed to lateral entry into high ranking officer positions?

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