Sgts. major offer 6 ideas for improving Corps

[unhappycamper]

Sgt. Maj. Carlton Kent
Warrant officer selection, fitreps discussed.


Sgts. major offer 6 ideas for improving Corps
By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Sep 2, 2008 7:48:34 EDT

A tougher warrant officer selection process, a crackdown on late fitness reports and shorter unaccompanied tours to Japan are among six recommendations the Corps’ senior enlisted community has pitched to Commandant Gen. James Conway.

Conway was briefed on the recommendations in August, said Sgt. Maj. Carlton Kent, the sergeant major of the Marine Corps. The proposals were generated after a week’s work at the Sergeants Major Symposium, an annual meeting in Washington where 68 policy concerns were whittled down to the top six suggestions.

The other recommendations pushed up to Conway include backing equal assignment incentive pay for sailors extended with Marine units, updating the amphibious doctrine guiding the Corps and Navy and removing Social Security numbers from dog tags.

If history is any indication, Marines can expect at least some of the six recommendations to become policy. In the past two years, for example, recommendations have included cracking down on body fat standards, approving campaign stars for operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and barring forearm tattoo art.

All three of those recommendations have been adopted.


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[izquierdista]

1. I have my own list

#1 War crimes training -- how to recognize unlawful orders to violate human rights.

#2 Cultural awareness training -- how to realize that your culture is not superior to all others.

#3 Community action -- how to relate to unarmed civilians while you yourself are not armed.

#4 History classes -- case studies of how militaries have been used by powerful classes to oppress lower classes.

#5 Class consciousness -- how to recognize what class you are in and what chances you have to become one of the power classes.