Up or Out

[Salty]

The US Army has a policy called Up or Out.

If a GI has not obtained a certian rank within a required amount of time, he will not be able to re-enlist.

The basic belief behind this doctrine is that

Last year the Army made more rigid up or out policies


Here is a summary written by a former Marine Corps officer

Thoughts from fomer DOD Sec Donald Rumsfield


So should a junior NCO be forced out after a set number of years?

 

[padredurand]

So should a junior NCO be forced out after a set number of years?

Promoted or promotable? I was an E5 (P) for almost two years. The cutoff was off the scale and even with maxing the promotion board, great EERs and basic NCO acadamy under my belt I wasn't getting promoted.

 

[SolaSaint]

It is the same in the Air Force. Yes it should remain the same. Why should any company keep dead weight around. You really have to be pretty bad at your job not to get promoted.

 

[mont974x4]

As Padre pointed out you can be outstanding in the Army and not get promoted. It isn't about skill, its about slots. Plus, there is still a lot of politics at play, especially for senior NCO's.

As to the topic at hand, I don't know how often the RCP (retention control point) has actually been used to put anyone out. The couple of times I am aware of dealt with a couple of E-6's that got busted down.


If they are getting stricter with the up or out are they also revamping the promotion system?