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2024-12-24 -Land of the Free

Culling the Flag Officer Ranks-Remember the 1940 "Plucking Board"?

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Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-12-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10326 views ] Top
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#1 Generally speaking ☺
we have a top-heavy Army.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-12-24 05:40|| 2024-12-24 05:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Sort of the same with most government entities and major NGO organizations, NN2N1.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-12-24 08:43|| 2024-12-24 08:43|| Front Page Top

#3 As WWII started up, Britian had a hard time finding enough pointless jobs for all of it's pointless Generals. I'm hoping we don't have that problem.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-12-24 09:09|| 2024-12-24 09:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Peacetime rank inflation, about one grade, actually seems reasonable, because wars happen faster than training, especially of officers. The hardest part is finding ways for these people to maintain/develop actual war skills instead of dragging the whole system down with BS.

Posted by Glenmore 2024-12-24 10:02|| 2024-12-24 10:02|| Front Page Top

#5 The seeds of this was planted in the 70s with the large draw down of soldiers after Vietnam. At that time the Army had reserve officer and regular officers. They all had rank/grades in the Army of the United States. In theory, when the Army was to be 'demobilized' the 'reserves' would be released from active duty and the regular officers would revert to their regular Army rank which was often one or two grades less than what they were mobilized Army. The reserve officers went to the judiciary who absolutely no understanding of that construct and got a decree that said the Army had to treat the reservists [aka part timers] the same as the regular officers. This chart shows the rank progress of Eisenhower through the two rank system. The Army had to revise the entire rank and promotion system because of that which set the race to the top we have today.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-12-24 11:30|| 2024-12-24 11:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Scathing Pentagon report raises concerns over F-35 fighter jets, despite operational success

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-12-24 12:42|| 2024-12-24 12:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Stalin purged his officer corps before WWII and still managed to defeat the Wehrmacht. He had a tough time doing it but at least he didn't have to worry about the Red Army turning on him.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-12-24 13:21|| 2024-12-24 13:21|| Front Page Top

#8 ...fortunately he kept Georgy Zhukov.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-12-24 17:46|| 2024-12-24 17:46|| Front Page Top

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