{"id":82026,"date":"2025-09-02T22:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/09\/02\/army-cancels-biden-era-promotion-program-aimed-at-eliminating-bias\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:35:37","slug":"army-cancels-biden-era-promotion-program-aimed-at-eliminating-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2025\/09\/02\/army-cancels-biden-era-promotion-program-aimed-at-eliminating-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Army cancels Biden-era promotion program aimed at eliminating bias"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a review last month, the U.S. Army has canceled its Command Assessment Program, formally established as a program of record in the last days of the Biden administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting in 2019 as a pilot program for selecting battalion commanders, CAP was implemented throughout the Army during 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/12\/10\/army-secretary-fires-four-star-general-for-promotion-board-meddling\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/12\/10\/army-secretary-fires-four-star-general-for-promotion-board-meddling\/\">with the stated goal<\/a> of reducing conscious and unconscious biases and using new methods, including psychology and peer assessments, to evaluate candidates for command roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It replaced the Army\u2019s longstanding Centralized Selection Board\/List, or CSL, a promotion system <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/02\/10\/what-i-learned-from-the-armys-new-battalion-commander-assessment-program\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/02\/10\/what-i-learned-from-the-armys-new-battalion-commander-assessment-program\/\">based on a series of performance factors<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CAP program, by contrast, relied heavily on peer evaluations and behavioral analysis. Additionally, measures were introduced into the program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/12\/how-the-army-picks-battalion-commanders-could-get-a-major-overhaul-by-next-year\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/12\/how-the-army-picks-battalion-commanders-could-get-a-major-overhaul-by-next-year\/\">with the stated goal of<\/a> protecting minorities from bias. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe battery of psychometric assessments employs several different instruments to measure cognitive capacity, emotional intelligence, conscientiousness, self-awareness, and other behavioral traits,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armyupress.army.mil\/Portals\/7\/military-review\/Archives\/English\/JA-25\/Command-Assessment-Program\/Command-Assessment-Program-ua.pdf\" rel=\"\">Army documents on CAP first published in January<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those documents noted that subjectivity was a factor that had to be considered in assessing candidates\u2019 behavior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThough not completely hidden, assessing intellect through casual observation is highly subjective and contextual,\u201d Army officials noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Army Secretary Christine Wormuth made CAP an official program of record just days before President Donald Trump took office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe CAP process puts a priority on screening out individuals who have counterproductive leadership behaviors,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ausa.org\/news\/army-formalizes-command-assessment-program\" rel=\"\">Wormuth stated previously in a podcast.<\/a> \u201cYou can be confident that the folks coming out of CAP who are going into command \u2026 are a lot less likely to have counterproductive leadership tendencies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While CAP was praised by some for its focus on evaluating positive personality traits in leadership, it cannot be said, to this point, to have generated additional interest in promotion within the Army. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, a record 54% of officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2024\/12\/13\/more-half-of-senior-army-officers-are-turning-down-command-consideration.html\" rel=\"\">chose not to participate<\/a> in the program \u2014 a jump from the 40% average in 2019 before CAP was widely introduced into the service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last several months, the Trump administration has rolled back many policies and procedures established by Biden administration officials \u2014 CAP now being one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of the Army rescinded CAP months ago, pending potential changes to the program\u2019s evaluation criteria. 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