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"World events and current promotion policies have created conditions where many noncommissioned officers (NCOs) cannot attend NCO education system (NCOES) courses at the desired points in their careers. The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command requested ARI investigate whether on-time attendance at NCOES courses impact promotion and retention of NCOs. In this research, the timing of basic NCO course (BNCOC) completion was analyzed on two outcome measures: the duration of enlistment after completion of BNCOC and the timing of promotion to Sergeant First Class (SFC). Overall, the timing of BNCOC completion was related to longer delays in promotion to SFC but not related to the probability of being promoted to SFC. More importantly, the relation between BNCOC completion and promotion timing changed as the global war on terrorism (GWOT) progressed. The relation was weakest during periods of highest NCO demand in GWOT, but the relation has strengthened in the most recent years. These changes corresponded with changes in NCO promotion policy that occurred during GWOT. In short, delays in NCOES attendance had an impact on SFC promotion when NCOES was stressed in the promotion policies,

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Author

Bink, Martin L.

Publisher

U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 2009.

Published

2009

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction