February 5, 2012 at 3:59am
FROM ARMY TIMES...
With the Army poised to launch a major drawdown of forces involving tighter promotion rates and involuntary separations, service officials say it's time for soldiers to spruce up their personnel files.
"Soldiers should serve as their own best career manager," said Maj. Randy Gillespie, chief of the officer promotions branch of Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Ky.
"Soldiers should be concerned about being competitive with their peers," Gillespie said. "It's not how well soldiers compete against a set standard but how well they stand in comparison with their peers."
The bottom-line message from Gillespie and other officials with the Army promotion office is that soldiers must be quality-control managers for the personnel and training records that will constitute the board file used to determine who will get promoted and who will stay or go during the pending drawdown of officers and enlisted soldiers.
In recent weeks, senior leaders including the Army chief of staff and sergeant major of the Army have signaled that promotion rates not only will be tightened but that soldiers whose careers are stalled in over-strength specialties, or who do not measure up to Army standards of performance or behavior, are at risk of being involuntarily separated.
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