Promotions leave some staff NCOs out in cold

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Promotions leave some staff NCOs out in cold
By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writer
Posted : Monday May 5, 2008 15:02:03 EDT

For sergeants hoping to pin on that first rocker — and staff NCOs hoping to move on up — now seems like the perfect time to make the Corps a career.

Deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan give you a chance to show what you’re trained to do, and efforts to grow the force are opening up a broad path to promotion in most military occupational specialties.

But the truth is that thousands of sergeants and staff noncommissioned officers in zone for promotion will get passed over this year. In fact, over the next few years, they may actually get passed over repeatedly.

The Corps’ ongoing expansion to 202,000 Marines by the end of 2011 means bigger promotion zones and earlier consideration for thousands of Marines. But it also means that some Marines will move into the zone too early to be truly competitive.

In their place, Marines who have been passed over once, twice and even four times are getting promoted, surprising their superiors and even themselves. Old-timers who wouldn’t have been a factor a few years ago are increasingly getting the nod.


Rest of article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/05/marine_promotions_050408w/

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1. They say WWII made more generals than we needed.

Now that so many have resigned because of Rumsfeld (faster, smaller, ill equipped, privatized military), I wonder if we have enough experienced, moral ones left. Many could make more money as Blackwater Bush lackeys.

Our miliary takes an oath of office to our country and its citizens not to one man. The President is Commander-in-Cheif. That does not mean he can use our military for his own profit and power. Nor send them to war on lies and propaganda. That is a very serious offence which our Congress and media seem to ignore.

Fact is Both President and VP were uninterested or missing during our most dangerous hours...days of disaster. AWOL. Why have you not done anything Pelosi and Reid? Congress sworn to protect and defend our Constitution and country?