Carter Proposes Changes to "Up or Out" Promotion System
U.S. military troops may be able to sidestep the Pentagon's entrenched, 100-year-old "up or out" promotion system under sweeping new proposals unveiled Thursday, aimed at keeping high-tech experts or other specialists on the job.
In announcing the plan, Defense Secretary Ash Carter marked the third — and most dramatic — installment in his campaign to modernize the military's antiquated bureaucracy. The proposals are largely aimed at making it easier for the military services to attract and retain good quality people and keep them in jobs where they excel.
"'Up-or-out' isn't broken - in fact, it's an essential and highly successful system - but it's also not perfect," Carter said. "The problem, however, is that DoD can't take a one-size-fits-all approach."
Carter's plan won't abolish the traditional system that forces service members to leave if they don't get promoted within a certain period of time. Instead, it will allow the services to bypass those rules for people when they feel it's needed.
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