The FY20 Regular Army (RA)/United States Army Reserve (USAR) Active Guard Reserve (AGR) MSG Evaluation Board evaluated all NCOs in the zone of consideration. All considered NCOs will either be: Most Qualified (MQ); Distinctly annotated Full Qualified (FQ) Not Fully Qualified (NFQ); Name not included Individual OML standing (MQ, FQ and NFQ) will be able […]
EXPLAINED! The Army’s 15-Month Reenlistment Window
The Army’s Reenlistment Opportunity Window (ROW)–the time or “window” qualified Soldiers can reenlist–opens 15-months from your ETS and closes at your ETS! Unless your ETS is October 1, 2021 (Fiscal Year or FY22) or later! “WHEN CAN I REENLIST?” Current Army retention guidance (DAM Pam 601-280, Chapter 3) states that NO Soldier with an FY22 […]
V.O.I.C.E.S. Against Sexual Assault (SA)
At least 25% of women serving in the U.S. military have been sexually assaulted, and up to 80% have been sexually harassed. A 2011 report found that women in the U.S. military were more likely to be raped by fellow soldiers than they were to be killed in combat. MILITARY SEXUAL VIOLENCE FACTS In FY18, 20,500 service members were […]
Special Duty Assignments
Performing Special Duty assignments is not only career enhancing, but also gives self-satisfaction while serving Soldiers. The following PDF explains some of the Special Duty assignments available for Soldiers. Full PDF found here: SPECIAL DUTY ASSIGNMENTS **Special assignments include special management command and joint, HQDA, and HRC assignments that have special missions and require personnel […]
Army removes photos from ALL promotion boards in effort to eliminate bias
**UPDATE** 26 JUNE 2020 “Effective 1 August 2020, the requirement for officer, warrant officer and enlisted selection boards to include the DA Photo as part of the board file is suspended. Data that identifies a Soldier’s race, ethnicity, and gender on the Officer Record Brief and the Enlisted Record Brief will be redacted as a […]
FY21 SFC Evaluation Board
The Army is scheduled to convene at the Sergeant First Class (SFC) Evaluation Board on or about 20 October 2020 to evaluate SFC Regular Army and United States Army Reserve, Active Guard Reserve NCOs. Note: SFC Evaluation Board screens SFCs competing for Master Sergeant Board Eligibility Regular Army (RA) / AGR SFC RA / AGR […]
Recruit the Recruiter
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Be a United States citizen by birth or naturalization or a permanent resident alien. Be at least 21 years old, but not more than 39 years old at time of selection (waiver authorized to age 45). Have a minimum general technical (GT) score of 90 with a skilled-technical score of 90. (waiver authorized). […]
Buddy Check
With all the different things that are happening in our world today and COVID taking us all by storm, some people may be feeling it harder than others. Many people may be suffering internally and we don’t even know it. There are resources out there that can help. Military OneSource, both a call center and […]
51C Reclassification
Deadline to submit your packet is 30 June 22. The panel dates are: Jul. 18-22, 2022 Required Documents: DA 4187 (Signed by your Company Commander) Soldier Record Brief (SRB) with redacted demographic information (i.e. race and gender). For example, please see example documents All NCOERs All Academic Evaluation Reports (DA 1059s) Last three APFT and […]
Written Bonus Agreement (WBA)
The WBA, within the SRB program, was established by reference (C) to provide the Army with an agile and flexible process to incentivize Soldiers currently on indefinite term reenlistment contracts to continue serving in the Regular Army. This MILPER message is effective on 1 June 2020 and may change after 1 July 2020 without further […]