What can be done in this situation? Regarding Joint Enlisted Person of the Year Board.

SGT Kristin Wiley — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:33:45 -0500

My command put out a policy this year to align with our HQs unit concerning Enlisted Person of the Quarter and Enlisted Person of the Year boards within our command. This policy states that only the winners of the Enlisted Person of the Quarter Board for the year are eligible to compete for Enlisted Person of the Year. My command conducted the Enlisted Person of the Year board last week and contradictory to policy allowed anyone who had competed in the quarterly boards to attend.

After they conducted this board, it was mentioned to me that our command's Chief of Staff did not like who the board recommended as the winner(s). So now the command is holding another board for those designated by the chief of staff to attend. At least two of the quarterly board winners will not be attending this 'new' board.

It shocks me that the senior enlisted are willing to compromise the board, and have agreed to go ahead with the wishes of the chief of staff by conducting a new board. What can be done in this situation?

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 21 at 2015 6:38 PM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:38:59 -0500

I'm not sure you can do much, SGT Kristin Wiley. Maybe the IG if you feel strongly about it and want to make an issue of it. From your description, the whole deal sounds like a discombobulated mess. Seems straightforward to me ... Soldier of the Month (or Quarter) winners are allowed to compete at the Soldier of the Year board. It was like that when I was competing almost 40 years ago. Can it have changed that much? I doubt it. But, if you do "make a stink," you'll probably make enemies at the same time, so you have to weigh all that in your decision.

Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Jan 23 at 2015 6:54 AM

TSgt Joshua Copeland — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:54:45 -0500

SGT Kristin Wiley, Who "own's" the program? I will say that it is not always an AF requirement to win a quarterly to be eligible to compete for the yearly.