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You will notice that I only applied the "up or out" policy (hypothetically) to the officer corps. As has been well documented in other threads, we have plenty of officers and a shortage of troops.
My principal problems with the current state of affairs are:
1) Why is my Pl Comd only around for 18 mos before being promoted and replaced?
2) Ditto for the OC?
3) When someone is recycled back to a unit 3-4 times at the same rank, and fu(ks it up every time, why is he still there?
4) How are we in the units constantly burdened with Captains (primarily) but other ranks too, who bemoan their time there, and dance when they are posted back to Kingston/Ottawa/Toronto?
These things tell me we have too many officers, with a dearth of placements for them.
Would it not be more beneficial to keep the management around for 4-6 yrs, in order to properly train (and train with) their unit for war?
And before you launch on how overworked the officers are - when was the last time you saw a unit with a shortage of officers? Was it proportionate to the shortage of men?
My principal problems with the current state of affairs are:
1) Why is my Pl Comd only around for 18 mos before being promoted and replaced?
2) Ditto for the OC?
3) When someone is recycled back to a unit 3-4 times at the same rank, and fu(ks it up every time, why is he still there?
4) How are we in the units constantly burdened with Captains (primarily) but other ranks too, who bemoan their time there, and dance when they are posted back to Kingston/Ottawa/Toronto?
These things tell me we have too many officers, with a dearth of placements for them.
Would it not be more beneficial to keep the management around for 4-6 yrs, in order to properly train (and train with) their unit for war?
And before you launch on how overworked the officers are - when was the last time you saw a unit with a shortage of officers? Was it proportionate to the shortage of men?