Posted on Feb 26, 2016
The Pentagon's 'Force of the Future' plan just got trashed in Congress
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I would have to agree... It seems at times, our government loses focus when there are discretionary spending issues. My last big job I had in the Army was as a Garrison Commander for 3 years, working for IMCOM, an organization that tried to model itself after business, and it did not work... The Military is not very similar to the business world... in large part because we never (until times like these) have to make ends meet and show a profit every quarter... In 2009 I was on LTG Lynch's transition team, and despite him being a bull a china shop, his big contribution was reducing excess overhead staff, and returning IMCOM to functioning like a military organization and focusing on support the Commander...
The Pentagon's 'Force of the Future' plan just got trashed in Congress
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COL Charles Williams
This is mix of a business like promotions system, bonus, and the revamped retired system. Seems like we waste a lot of time on things that are not the main effort.
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COL Charles Williams Great article thanks for sharing. Wow, how will this guy get confirmed?
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This is what I make of the "force of the future" plan
New pay tables - rank no longer matters its your skill set that's valued - so respect the pay not the rank - shouldn't cause any problems.
Repeal 'up or out' - you can more or less be tenured in the military so sit back and relax - (you don't even have to be published)
Flexible 'joint' requirements - you can work on your personnel skill set as apposed to cross branch functioning/understanding. You can always do that once deployed plus other branches love it when you show up with your head up your ass.
Career intermissions - You can go be a civilian and then come back in to contaminate military culture.
Technical career tracks - techs get paid differently as they keep the machines up and running. Shouldn't affect combat arms recruitment - as no one really cares about money.
More civilian schooling - because MBA's are lethal in the battle space.
Fewer moves - as you don't have to compete for advancement you can more or less retire while your still in. Because stagnation fosters leadership.
Culture changes - because change always goes so smoothly especially if no one wants to implement it.
Broader diversity - the social experiment continues - however a brigade of infantry midgets might be useful if we ever had to attack a circus.
New 'people analytics' - Holy shit this one could actually makes some sense as long as it doesn't get hacked.
Refining recruiting - As some 80% get turned away this is clearly a problem.
I'd say the plan is a bit out there. As there are more and more contractors in the battle space hell it might just be easier to do away with the military and start up a company for hire. Keep up the good work and wasting tax payer money.
New pay tables - rank no longer matters its your skill set that's valued - so respect the pay not the rank - shouldn't cause any problems.
Repeal 'up or out' - you can more or less be tenured in the military so sit back and relax - (you don't even have to be published)
Flexible 'joint' requirements - you can work on your personnel skill set as apposed to cross branch functioning/understanding. You can always do that once deployed plus other branches love it when you show up with your head up your ass.
Career intermissions - You can go be a civilian and then come back in to contaminate military culture.
Technical career tracks - techs get paid differently as they keep the machines up and running. Shouldn't affect combat arms recruitment - as no one really cares about money.
More civilian schooling - because MBA's are lethal in the battle space.
Fewer moves - as you don't have to compete for advancement you can more or less retire while your still in. Because stagnation fosters leadership.
Culture changes - because change always goes so smoothly especially if no one wants to implement it.
Broader diversity - the social experiment continues - however a brigade of infantry midgets might be useful if we ever had to attack a circus.
New 'people analytics' - Holy shit this one could actually makes some sense as long as it doesn't get hacked.
Refining recruiting - As some 80% get turned away this is clearly a problem.
I'd say the plan is a bit out there. As there are more and more contractors in the battle space hell it might just be easier to do away with the military and start up a company for hire. Keep up the good work and wasting tax payer money.
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