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Subject = PROMOTION SEX SHOTS                                             

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title = THREATCON MEASURES AND MISCELLANEOUS MEMORANDUMS                                                

Document Number =          8

Box ID = BX000094




                                                  Procedures tested
                       to eliminate administrative workload

            As pan of our or)going effort to            of points commanders awarded for              promotion procedures will r
       reduce the administrafrve workload               duty performance was 199. The new             significant work reduction for the
       throughout the Army, we will eflml-              areas of evaluation are closely               Personnel Administration Center.
       nate promotion boards ior advado-                aligned with those on the NCO-ER,                  M&f work savinas Include
             lo@ea,nl an@siaff @e@                      and are aimed at better identifying the       elimin-at=n o
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       !@@E       rvo S         s leoe     unn7@        best-qualified soldiers for promotion           *1!6n                  9!@M)OU of 4,
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       began testing these now procedures               from among all the fully qualified            DA Form        6- 0aw Member
       which will replaqq2@g   f@on boar@d              soldiers.                                                              and DA Form
                                                r          Evaluating soldiers on five
                                                        different areas of performance and                                     Board Proceed-
       governor                                         personal qualities should also result
       the soldier In five areas of pertonTF            In a broader range of promotion                                        ed the test
       anoe and personal qualities, awarding            points among soldiers competing               procedures will result in considerably
       up to 40 points In each area, for a              against Department of the Army                ddf orent scores, units selected to test
       maximum of 200 points.                           promotion point cutoff scores.                the proposed procedures must
            The commander's award of                       This aspect of the proposed                continue the current promotion board
       promotion points for duty perform.               procedures will Increase in inwr-             process during the three-month test
       ance has also changed. The oorr@-                tance when the Skill Qualffication            period.
       mander will evaluate the soldier in the          Test Is eliminated.                                The test Includes safeguards to
       same five areas as the first sergeant                                    A Form 3355,          ensure soldiers being considered for
       Instead of simply awarding po!rtts               Prnr;:@tic'n Pnio                             promotion are not affected In arty way
       without any point qualification, as Is           been revised for the test to acc*m-           by the test appraisals.
       currently the case.                              ni-odiitc@a@olhanW.
            In the past, the average number             " a=pted. the new junior NCO


                           Proposed legislation allows more efficient
                                           warrant officer management

            The Warrant Officer Management Act (WOMA) Is a                     OW5. pay grade OWS, to serve as a primary means to
       Department of Defense Initiative to modernize warrant                   retain senior warrant officer expertise; managing warrant
       officer personnel managemerd for all branches of the                    officers from date of appointment with an opportunity for
       armed forces.                                                           30 years warraryt officer service, with tenure points of 24
            WOMA legislation resulted from our Total Warrant                   years of warrant officer service for OW4 and 30 years for
       Off lcer Study and Includes provisions similar to those used            CWS (appries to AmTy only); and only establishing a
       for commissioned officers under the Defense Ofter                       selective early retirement mechanism or board to penwn
       Personnel Management Act (DOPMA).                                       separation of retirement eligible regular warrant officers In
            This legislation was Introduced Into the House Armed               times of force strength reductions.
       Services Conimiftee In Fiscal Year (FY) 1990. Its adoption                  Cu rrentty, committee hearings may be hold later to
       would grant the secretaries of the amied services the                   consider the WOMA provisions.
       authority to =re off Wively manage warrant ofters under                     If the provisions are not Included In the FY91 Defense
       their jurisdiction.                                                     Authorization Bill, h will severely limit our ability to manage
            Key provisions of the bill Include eliminating the                 force reductions because of the Inability to consider all
       current dual (temporary/pemianent) promotion system and                 officers.
       adopting a DOPMA-style promotion system; selective                          Without legislative authority, we will be forced to
       continuawn of twice-nonsolected regular warrant officers                release only Other Than Regular Army (OTRA) warrant
       in critical shortage skills-, increasing separation time for            officers in any force reduction under current law.
ed as the legislation makes Rs way
       the first day of the seventh month; establishing the rank of            through Congressional channels.


       SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1990                                     PERSPECTIVE

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