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The Army has updated its hefty 521-page guide that details the recommended professional development tracks for the various <\/span>career fields and specialties of the Enlisted Personnel Management System has been updated by the Army<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s called DA Pamphlet 600-25, NCO Professional Development Guide. In the guide, It serves as a medium for the <\/span>specialty proponents such as branch service schools and training centers of excellence give communicate <\/span>professional development guidance to NCOs, promotion board members and the military and civilian supervisors who counsel and mentor enlisted soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The guide applies to active and reserve soldiers, with separate sections under each of the career management field headings for members of the Regular Army, National Guard and Army Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It The pamphlet <\/span>can be accessed online from the Army Publishing Directorate at http:\/\/armypubs.army.mil\/epubs\/pdf\/p600_25.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career maps that complement the pamphlet can be accessed via the “career resources” link on the Army Career Tracker Web site at https:\/\/actnow.army.mil<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The publication of this <\/span>detailed guide comes out just weeks after the Army announced it is strengthening the linkage between NCO promotions and the completion of <\/span>completing professional military education for advancement to the ranks of sergeant, staff sergeant and sergeant first class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The revised education sequenceprocedures<\/span>, called STEP for select-train-educate-promote, will be implemented in phases beginning Jan. 1. Underlying the changes is an organizational commitment to a leader-development strategy that melds training, education and experiences acquired in schools, operational units and through self-development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The guide to career fieldspamphlet<\/span>, released Sept. 11 by the Army Publishing Directorate, “should not be construed as a simplified checklist for promotion selection, or a guide for NCOs on how to perform their assigned duties,” according to the introductory chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It provides guidance intended to develop an adaptive, thinking NCO capable of meeting the challenges of operational adaptability in an era of persistent conflict in an all-volunteer Army.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The professional development strategies adopted by the MOS proponents for the pamphlet <\/span>“build on the Army’s experiences since the end of the Cold War through the early conflict of this century,” according to the editors. “The future operational environment will be even more uncertain, complex and competitive as hybrid threats challenge us across the range of military operations.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army’s advantage in this competition “is its commitment to leader development and its capacity to learn faster and adapt more quickly than its adversaries.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The guide’s pamphlet’s <\/span>specific professional development recommendations are organized under career progression plans for each of the 28 enlisted career management fields. It provides detailed Detailed, by-rank, <\/span>guidance by rank is then provided <\/span>for each of the MOSs in the career field, with separate sections for the active and reserve components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 20-page chapter detailing the professional development regimen for CMF 11, Infantry, provides an example of the alignment followed for all career fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opening section describes gives provides a general description of <\/span>infantryman duties and shows the by-rank progress of infantry soldiersevolution, or transformation, of infantrymen<\/span>, followed by the recommended self-development agenda for 11-series soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The general descriptions are followed by specialty-specific professional development tracks for active and reserve soldiers holding specialty 11B (infantryman), 11C (indirect fire infantryman) and 11Z (infantry senior sergeant).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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