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Middle East have drawn down regards to mitigating the risk No cli * Beginning Oct 1, 2016, for level, in a nominative posi- exceptions to the new RCP
signi cantly, and the Army has against the Soldier, the family e new RCPs will require SFC and SFC(P) who enlisted tion, and are rated by a general policy as well, based on if
been told to shrink its force size, and readiness.” between Oct. 2,1992 and Apr. o cer, member of the senior their command requests an
the Army is reversing the tools as many as 3,000 NCOs to 1, 1994, their RCP will be reset executive service, or equivalent. exception to policy, and if the
it used almost a decade ago to What Dailey said the Army leave the Army earlier than they to 25 years. request meets the needs of
grow in size, Dailey said. hopes to achieve by putting the expected, but they will not all A sergeant major who is the Army.
RCPs for senior enlisted back leave at the same time. Instead, * Beginning Oct 1, 2016, for serving as the command ser-
“Now we are in the inverse,” to where they were in 2006- the Army will stagger the ad- SFC and SFC(P) who enlisted geant major at the U.S. Army “We expect to approve
he said. “We were directed to 2008, is to maintain upward justment of their RCPs over a Apr. 2,1994 and after, their Sergeants Major Academy, for some justi ed exceptions to
make the Army smaller, his- mobility for Soldiers in the period of about three years. All RCP will be reset to 24 years. instance, or as executive o cer policy in the rst three years,”
torically consistent with every middle NCO ranks. of those NCOs will be able to to the Sergeant Major of the Conner said. “We will pub-
post-war era.” retire with at least 20 years of A similar staggering of Army, will also be authorized lish a message that addresses
“You have got to create service, but most will retire with RCP implementation will to serve beyond 30 years. exceptions for reasons such
Dailey said the Army is upward mobility,” he said of more than that, Conner said. happen for master sergeants, as assignment service obliga-
“focused on doing a tal- opportunities for mid-grade command sergeants major and But once they leave those tions and promotions service
ent-based drawdown.” The NCOs. “ ese are highly-quali- While for many NCOs, a sergeants major so that they positions, they will need to obligations. For example,
changes to RCPs are part of ed, very motivated individuals, new ETS will be a surprise for too will have plenty of time to go to similar jobs if they want if a sergeant rst class is on
that drawdown. they are aggressive seekers of them, every Soldier a ected will plan their retirements. to continue to serve beyond assignment to Germany for
further responsibility. That’s have more than a year to plan 30 years. a three-year tour, with this
“We wanted to keep those exactly what we trained them their retirement. For instance, Nominative positions, change that Soldier may only
with the bene ts of the wartime to be. If you don’t provide that for sergeants rst class and pro- exceptions “If a sergeant major is be able to go for two years
experience they gained for the opportunity, there is a risk you motable sergeants rst class, the past 30, they have to keep and some change. Human
last 10 to 12 years of war, and could lose talent.” implementation of RCPs will be For the senior-most NCOs competing for a nominative Resources Command will
we wanted to make sure we staggered in this fashion: in the Army, the sergeants ma- positon,” Conner said. “If have to decide if they want to
transitioned our Soldiers ap- Dailey said Army num- jor, their RCPs will be moved they are not selected for an- give an exception to policy for
propriately,” he said. e Army ber crunching reveals that * Beginning Oct. 1, 2016, from 32 years down to 30. But other one of those positons, the assignment, an exception
also wants to “maintain the these most recent changes for SFC and SFC(P) who en- those sergeants major will be it’s time for them to retire. of policy for the RCP, or delete
skills we needed in an Army to RCPs will result in in- listed Oct. 1, 1992 or earlier, o ered the opportunity to serve It ts the Army’s promotion the assignment.”
that was going to get smaller, creased opportunities for their RCP will be reset to longer -- provided they are at modeling system.”
and doing it appropriately in mid-level NCOs. 26 years. Headquarters Department of
the Army or Army command Other NCOs will also get

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