Quote Originally Posted by Tom Odom View Post
We have wasted the rank of Major for years and we need to change. Majors should command--at the company level.
I attended a 4GW PME at JFCOM on Monday - TX Hammes hit on this point several times during the panel discussions.

As has been pounded home many times on the SWC - experience combined with training and education is the key to success. When we throw in strategic compression and expect wonders from the strategic corporal (and all small unit leaders) we have to start looking at aging the force. TX talked about majors as company commanders and staff sergeants as squad leaders as a start. Of course simply aging the force is not the silver bullet - proper training, education and experience must go hand-in-hand.