The Officer Critical Skills Retention Bonus

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SWJ blog post - The Officer Critical Skills Retention Bonus

I received the following memo by Colonel J. B. Burton (USA), Commanding Officer of Dagger Brigade Combat Team in Iraq, via "Warlord Loop" e-mail. An abbreviated version appeared in the Washington Post - see Tom Rick’s Inbox dated 8 July 2007. COL Burton has been kind enough to permit the SWJ to post it in full. Where a military acronym is used I have inserted an explanation...

Read the memo at the first link above...

[SteveMetz]

SWJ blog post - The Officer Critical Skills Retention Bonus



Read the memo at the first link above...

"Where a military acronym is used I have inserted an explanation" <--- I've often told the officers I work with that we "normal" people (and I use the term loosely) need subtitles to scroll just below their head when they talk.

[selil]

I think I've read about ninety percent of that here on SWC.

Is the Warlord Loop a good email list?

[jcustis]

I think I've read about ninety percent of that here on SWC.

Is the Warlord Loop a good email list?

Yes. Reminds me of a running conversation a few of us had about 4 months ago.

[RTK]

Yes. Reminds me of a running conversation a few of us had about 4 months ago.

If I remember right one of us actually got this e-mail right after it was sent out. We've discussed this before.

[jcustis]

Yup, I just did a backtrack to that thread, and the email had been posted. It was labelled FOUO at the time, so the post in question was deleted.

http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=2886

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Army Offers Officers Incentives - original e-mail now w/ permission to post from COL Burton...

[RTK]

Yup, I just did a backtrack to that thread, and the email had been posted. It was labelled FOUO at the time, so the post in question was deleted.

http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=2886

Yeah, I remember that now. I was in the field the night that was posted, saw the FOUO marking, and quickly sent out some PMs.