Should the Air Force continue the direction of a board for MSgt E-7?

2014-01-23T02:19:24-05:00

The Air Force is going into the direction of review boards for E-7, like the current E-8/9 boards, instead of the written tests only.

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Jan 23 at 2014 3:06 AM

2014-01-23T03:06:30-05:00

I can't see more stringent criteria being a bad thing..

Response by CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 16 at 2014 8:51 AM

2014-06-16T08:51:29-04:00

I think it's a great idea, but I'd like to see what the plan is. I'm afraid it will cost too much money to conduct the vast amounts of promotion boards that will be required and after our recent bouts with force reduction, I'm not sure if spending money on promotion programs is the right thing to spend it on.
The E7 board would try to eliminate those MSgts that don't really want to be SNCOs, but want the raise. Hopefully, when the new EPR (ACA) comes out, those situations will be addressed via ratings, stratification, etc. There's still a lot to be seen in the near future.