{"id":45215,"date":"2017-12-23T15:24:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T15:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/23\/new-in-2018-big-changes-in-the-works-for-nco-promotions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:39:19","slug":"new-in-2018-big-changes-in-the-works-for-nco-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2017\/12\/23\/new-in-2018-big-changes-in-the-works-for-nco-promotions\/","title":{"rendered":"New in 2018: Big changes in the works for NCO promotions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Army wants more qualified soldiers to make their way up the ranks, so officials are working on tweaks to the noncommissioned officer promotion system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey told Army Times<\/a> back in July that the Army was nearly finished with a proposal to remove sequence numbers from consideration in NCO promotions, so that the best soldiers could be promoted first, regardless of whether someone else had been in grade longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA sequence number shouldn\u2019t be the reason that I\u2019m waiting to get promoted, because the number has no bearing on talent,\u201d Dailey said.
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Dailey also wants to cut down the number of boards the Army does every year. He suggested four, to cover promotions, school selection and \u2014 if necessary \u2014 the Qualitative Management Program and the Qualitative Service Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo, let\u2019s do a multi-use board and promote from the top,\u201d Dailey said. \u201cAnd if need be, and if talent requires it, then you\u2019re moved from the bottom. And you don\u2019t reshuffle based on time in service, time in grade. Because if you do that, maybe the most talented person is getting promoted last.\u201d
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