I think I'll apply for Eagels

Source: Military Times
Published: Jun 19, 2016
Author: Andrew Tilghman, Military Times
Post Date: 2016-06-19 15:35:15 by BobCeleste
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter wants to open the door for more “lateral entry” into the military's upper ranks, clearing the way for lifelong civilians with vital skills and strong résumés to enter the officer corps as high as the O-6 paygrade.

The idea is controversial, to say the very least. For many in the rank-and-file military, it seems absurd, a bewildering cultural change that threatens to upend many assumptions about military life and traditional career paths. But while it's not universally embraced, there is interest in Congress and among some of the military's uniformed leaders — even, they say, in exploring how the services could apply this concept to the enlisted force.

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However, this raises another set of issues that'll need to be addressed. For instance, the military's current pay structure would offer significantly less to a colonel or a captain with one year of service versus one with 20 or more. And the military retirement system does not offer much in exchange for only short-term service.

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I would love to know what RedLegHunter has to say about this.

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#1: BobCeleste    To: Redleghunter (#0)

So, Col, what think ye, Will the E-7's and O-3s call him sir or frag him?

BobCeleste posted on 2016-06-19 15:37:16   Reply   Private Reply

#2: BobCeleste    To: All (#0)

Basics, such as how to wear a uniform or knowing whom to salute, could prove confounding for midcareer civilians wooed into military service, critics of the plan argue. (Photo: Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy/Army)

BobCeleste posted on 2016-06-19 15:44:38   Reply   Private Reply

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BobCeleste posted on 2016-06-19 15:49:20   Reply   Private Reply

#4: redleghunter    To: BobCeleste (#0)

He's an idiot. Someone needs to tell him that we have a DA Civil servants for such high demand tech positions. Has been working for a number of years now. No need to commission or enlist someone to do the job a DA or DoD civilian can do.

redleghunter posted on 2016-06-20 08:45:24   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Stoner    To: BobCeleste (#0)

Is Defense Secretary Ash Carter really this stupid ?

Stoner posted on 2016-06-20 09:08:23   Reply   Private Reply

#6: BobCeleste    To: redleghunter (#4)

He's an idiot. Someone needs to tell him that we have a DA Civil servants for such high demand tech positions. Has been working for a number of years now. No need to commission or enlist someone to do the job a DA or DoD civilian can do.

I agree and that is pretty much what I figured, now comes the thought provoker,

Why do you think they are doing this? What do you think the real goal is?

BobCeleste posted on 2016-06-22 10:05:10   Reply   Private Reply

#7: BobCeleste    To: Stoner (#5)

Is Defense Secretary Ash Carter really this stupid ?

Nope.

The question is what are their real goals, other than destroying the US Military.

Hint, they have been real successful in dumbing down the educations system.

BobCeleste posted on 2016-06-22 10:06:56   Reply   Private Reply

#8: redleghunter    To: BobCeleste (#6)

Why do you think they are doing this? What do you think the real goal is?

So they can put incompetent people in leadership positions.

redleghunter posted on 2016-06-22 13:41:32   Reply   Private Reply

#9: BobCeleste    To: redleghunter (#8)

I don't think so, I think it is to get rid of the Academies.

I think it is also to reduce esprit decorp

I also think it is to be used in as an example for Common Core to get rid of 'teachers' and replace them with facilitators with less education in education and more in a specific occupation.

Follow the logic of obama's 'Fundamentally change the United States'.

If I am right, you youngsters are going to have a new war on your hands.

BobCeleste posted on 2016-06-23 08:57:01   Reply   Private Reply