This isn't unusual. I can't tell you how many times in my 24 years of service ending as a Master Sergeant how many officer fuckups the enlisted Corps had to fix.
The Officer Corp relies on how much ass they can kiss to get promoted if they want to get past Captain (Air Force example). Not an exaggeration. The Enlisted Corps relies on Experience, knowledge, and value to the team to get promoted. Example: Leadership can hate your guts, but if your training and testing for rank pans out....they can eat a dick and like it: you get promoted based on your own merit. World of difference....and it shows.
Disclaimer: Despite the majority, there are some...and I stress SOME...excellent officers and these are readily identified and embraced by the Enlisted Corp like Gold. For those officers, we would do anything within scope of our professions.
I work with someone who is a former Marine officer - Annapolis. A shitty leader. Spouse Anon was in the USMC but was enlisted. He has met this person. I was frustrated with co-worker one day and mentioned to Spouse Anon that shouldn't co-worker be a better leader given his training. Spouse Anon went onto explain he was a 'Hoorah Harry' and had figured that out the first time he met him. As an enlisted, he had to learn quickly how to manage up. Officers have the power, but the NCOs run the military
Unfortunately in todays AF, your commander can make sure you are not promotable for the current promotion cycle along with the next two or three cycles.. If you are not their number one ass kiss, you have less than 5% chance of making it. That is why you have more ass kissers in the TSgt thru CMSgt ranks.
Well I retired in 2012 so that may be true about the TSgt's having to wear kneepads these days but when I was in, you could test to MSgt before you'd need a Senior Enlisted and Commander's endorsement to get SMSgt and Chief.
The reason I never decided to pursue past MSgt: I refused to play the game of see who I could fuck over for favors during the last 4yr enlistment.
This isn't unusual. I can't tell you how many times in my 24 years of service ending as a Master Sergeant how many officer fuckups the enlisted Corps had to fix.
The Officer Corp relies on how much ass they can kiss to get promoted if they want to get past Captain (Air Force example). Not an exaggeration. The Enlisted Corps relies on Experience, knowledge, and value to the team to get promoted. Example: Leadership can hate your guts, but if your training and testing for rank pans out....they can eat a dick and like it: you get promoted based on your own merit. World of difference....and it shows.
Disclaimer: Despite the majority, there are some...and I stress SOME...excellent officers and these are readily identified and embraced by the Enlisted Corp like Gold. For those officers, we would do anything within scope of our professions.
The best officers I’ve ever worked for were prior enlisted.
Yup, green to gold baby (former cadre at OCS here). Two types of officers... political and in the trenches side by side.
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I work with someone who is a former Marine officer - Annapolis. A shitty leader. Spouse Anon was in the USMC but was enlisted. He has met this person. I was frustrated with co-worker one day and mentioned to Spouse Anon that shouldn't co-worker be a better leader given his training. Spouse Anon went onto explain he was a 'Hoorah Harry' and had figured that out the first time he met him. As an enlisted, he had to learn quickly how to manage up. Officers have the power, but the NCOs run the military
Unfortunately in todays AF, your commander can make sure you are not promotable for the current promotion cycle along with the next two or three cycles.. If you are not their number one ass kiss, you have less than 5% chance of making it. That is why you have more ass kissers in the TSgt thru CMSgt ranks.
Well I retired in 2012 so that may be true about the TSgt's having to wear kneepads these days but when I was in, you could test to MSgt before you'd need a Senior Enlisted and Commander's endorsement to get SMSgt and Chief.
The reason I never decided to pursue past MSgt: I refused to play the game of see who I could fuck over for favors during the last 4yr enlistment.