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FORT HOOD, TEXAS – “Will we be able to roll up our sleeves on the new Army Combat Uniform?”
“Is there going to be a single standard to the Army Physical Fitness Test?”
“Is it true that the Army is doing away with promotion points for deployments?”
These were just a few of the questions that Troopers from the 1st Cavalry Division asked Sergeant Major of the Army Daniel Dailey during a lunch, Aug. 27, at the Black Jack Dining Facility.
As the lunch began, the Soldiers started with wanting to know more about Dailey and his background before moving on to bigger questions about Army policy.
While some questions had simpler answers than others – “No” to both the rolling of sleeves and a single standard APFT – Dailey took the time to answer provide an explanation to each of the Soldiers’ questions.
One of the key topics he discussed was the future of the promotion system for noncommissioned officers.
An important change that Dailey outlined was that in order to move up in rank, one must first finish the appropriate level of military education. For example, a Specialist needs to have complete Warrior Leader Course before being promoted to Sergeant and for a Sergeant to make Staff Sergeant they must finish Advanced Leader Course.
“So we are changing to put it back in prospective of what we [the Army] say is important to be a Soldier,” said Dailey. “So we are putting more emphasis physical fitness, being able to qualify with your weapon, being an honor graduate at school, distinguished honor grad, commandant’s list reach the thing we say are important.”
Another major change that Soldiers will see is to the promotion point system where points will no longer be awarded points for being deployed.
To help explain why points for deployments are going away, Dailey gave two examples.
The first example was of two Soldiers – one deployed to Northern Afghanistan going out on patrol every day, the other was deployed to Qatar. Under the old system, both Soldiers would receive the same amount of points toward their promotion, which Dailey explained didn’t seem very fair.
The second point, he explained, was that the points being given for deploying didn’t reflect if a Soldier was actually good at their job – only that they had deployed.
“The reason we are getting rid of deployment points is because deployment points have no bearing on your knowledge, skills, and attributes and that’s what we promote you off of,” said Dailey.
He added that there is a proposal to incentivize deployments with a program modeled off of the Navy’s Career Sea Pay.
Meanwhile, the number of points a Soldier receives for completing the appropriate school within the NCO Education System will increase, said Dailey.
He also told the Soldiers that the Army would be putting more emphasis on education and basic Soldiering skills. Achievements like being on the Commandant’s List while attending WLC would give you more points than it did in the past.
“We’ve got to put promotion points back into perspective,” said Dailey. “We are not trying to take away promotion points of deployment, what we are trying to do is award promotion points for knowledge, skills and attributes. Exactly what the regulation says.”
| Date Taken: | 08.27.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 09.03.2015 10:59 |
| Story ID: | 175149 |
| Location: | FORT HOOD, TEXAS, US |
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