Quote Originally Posted by RTK View Post
Here's the deal. Joe makes E5 if his PSG and PL send him to the board. If he's not ready, don't send him. So many senior NCOs and officers who complain about how quick Joe makes rank forget they're the one's sending him to the promotion board. If you don't think he's ready, dont put him in front of the CSM in his Class As.
The problem I encounter is, that our 1SG stresses us to send more soldiers to the promotion board. We are VERY short on NCO's, but have an abundance of eligible E4's. Some of them are ready and it is due to the "negligence" of their leaders they are not sent to the board; however, many of them are not ready. Another issue is, our policy makes it mandatory that every eligible E4 has to attend a soldier of the month board prior to attending the promotion board, but only one soldier per unit is allowed to attend the SOM board. This means that only that soldier can attend the next promotion board - so in our unit only one per month get promoted (if they are even recommended).