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I've less familiarity with it on the enlisted side, but there's also much stronger gating of promotions by competency tests there, right? On the officer side,

by ethbr1 2y ago

I've less familiarity with it on the enlisted side, but there's also much stronger gating of promotions by competency tests there, right? On the officer side, especially in certain specialties, it's very much musical chairs... with an ever-decreasing number of chairs. (Which admittedly creates a lot of its own issues by setting up zero-sum, don't-help-your-competition scenarios and politics at the higher ranks)

bumby 2y ago
>but there's also much stronger gating of promotions by competency tests there, right? I think it heavily depends on the branch and what is considered “competence”. I remember meeting Airmen who could cite all the stats about weapons systems because that was on their test, but the couldn’t shoot. And Marines where it was the opposite. It’s also generally possible to get promoted by just hanging out, keeping out of trouble, and having reasonable fitness tests