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ADS XXI personnel initiatives move forward
I find this an interesting bit of information. "General Eric K. Shinseki, the Chief of Staff of the Army, chartered the Army Development System (ADS) XXI Task Force in September 1999 to examine the enlisted and warrant officer personnel management systems (Visit the ADS XXI Task Force Web site)." |
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Some of the great things these people are trying to do for (TO) us include: Rollback the active component warrant officer grade structure. Current structure is top heavy. a. What they say about this is that we have too many senior WOs! “Several MOS have experienced Grade Creep…The rollback of AC warrant officer structure will optimize warrant officer utilization and provide a sustainable structure.” b. Next they say that we should be assigned by grade to a position. That would be great IF we had enough W5s ODPd to fill all the slots. As it is, lower grades have to fill some of these. So, since we are over strength in the top grades, but not able to fill positions senior positions because of the ODP, we should get rid of the positions or re-code them for a lower rank, right? NOT! Last thing we need is LESS senior WOs around. c. And, the crowning glory. Paragraph 3. Develop a warrant officer tenure program. Get this; Make CW3 and you don’t have to worry about getting passed over any more. They want to eliminate the two time non-select rule and allow CW3 or CW4s to remain on active duty without selective retention. Sounds great, right? Think about it though. An E-6 accesses to WO at 10 years of service. 2 years as WO1 (12 total), 6 years as a W2. All the senior WO positions are full so they do not need any promotions. He will retire with 20 as a two-time pass over for W3. How about an E7 with 15 years. They are talking about promoting E7s straight to W2. In this scenario, they would have to retire 7 years after becoming a WO at 21 years of service. What a loss experience and a waste of time for the E7. Well, in conjunction with this, they want to start accessing at 5-8 years of service AND right out of VOTECH. If we are not getting rid of senior grade WOs, the longest a person could remain a WO would be 8 years (W1 through W2). Promotions would be sketchy at best and dependent on how many senior WOs decide to retire in that year. And, with a guarantee of a job without having to do great things, what will the quality of the senior warrants become? Would we start to act like, well, non-military personnel? ROAD (Retired On Active Duty) Scarry thought!
Check here for more info:
News about the ADS XXI Initiatives http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/Feb2001/a20010228adsxxi.html Slide showing the Initiatives: (Available in full on the ADS XXI site above) |
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Call to Active Duty! |
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"This program is open to Aviation qualified Warrant Officers who are or will train to become AH-64, UH-60, and MH-47 pilots. The program is also open to 311A CID Special Agent, 351B Counter Intelligence Agent, and 351EKP Interrogator (Korean Linguist). " (WOCC)
You have got to read this! The army wants you back real bad. However, you have to stay 3 years (ADSO) and any issues you have with DOR, training, pay, or rank all can only be addressed after you sign on the dotted line! (Trust us, well make it right! :-) If you got out and took the VSI money, you've got to pay it back. No guarantee that you will get promoted or get to stick around after your 3 years, but kiss the money goodbye. No DLQ for "first" PCS in the army. Previous membership doesn't count. The NG/RA guys don't need it because they get paid so well on the outside, right? (Then why would they come back?) So, what is the up side to this plan? I don't see it. Wait, it gets worse! They want to take O1 thru O3 and let them become Warrants without going to WOC school! They will make them W1s and allow them to ask for a rank determination to be promoted to W2 or W3 without being boarded. Whats next? |
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