The US Army decides to value the tools that bring victory in asymmetric conflict.
I am directing that the Major’s positions on (Transition Training and Provincial Reconstruction) teams be immediately designated and codified in DA PAM 600-3, for all branches, as Key and Developmental (KD). Any officer holding one of these positions will be considered “KD” for his or her branch as a Major. Additionally, these officers will be afforded the opportunity, should they desire, to hold an additional 12/24 months of a branch specific KD position (e.g. XO, S-3, etc). Our promotion board guidance already stresses the importance of these positions and this additional information will be added to all upcoming board instructions. Additionally, because the success of these teams requires our best leaders, I have directed HRC to award Centralized Selection List (CSL) Credit for LTCs serving specifically in the TT Commander positions that have direct leadership responsibility for a training/transition team.
Not a moment too soon, mind.
I have directed HRC to award Centralized Selection List (CSL) Credit for LTCs serving specifically in the TT Commander positions that have direct leadership responsibility for a training/transition team.
I was wondering what Hillary! was gonna do now that she ain’t gonna be CinC.
Can someone translate the milspeak please?
Basically it means that the Army is starting to recognize – and reward – unconventional service that happens to win the war we’re actually in. For too long good officers went to PRTs and TTTs to die, for not being in a maneuver unit when that was the service’s bias.
That war’s over – this one is still to win. The Army has just recognized that we need a process to recognize the folks doing the lord’s work.
Heh. I thought I *had* translated the milspeak in my post.
Goes to show how hard it is to recognize jargon as jargon when it’s your main mode of speech…
A rule of tech writers, writers of technical information, and writers in general. The first time you use and ACRONYM – spell it out. Otherwise the Three Letter Acronyms (TLAs) overwhelm the peripheral audiences (PAs). This has the unfortunate consequence of increasing the letter count and losing the audience. And when the TLAs overcome the PA then the traffic meter goes down and the blog goes TU*.
*bawdy slang for dead in the water.
I was somewhat surprised that after all these years I still understood the milspeak… alas the jargon is apparently imprinted in my brain forever…and it’s certaintly true that in the way back , before Special Forces was a seperate army branch, SF and to a lesser extent unconventional warfare service was very often a career kiss of death ( which is was for me ) when you returned, as you had to, to your basic branch.
So the heavies are now apparently being eclipsed by the accendant light and unconventional forces… doing Gods work …indeed. Best
PS, Hey Lex Babes- (hereinafter “LBs” ) LOL… FYI & FWIW… IIRC, “TU” is an acronym for “Tits Up”… ROTFLMFAO, ICSFTH
Alas, I can follow a lot of the milspeak (no idea why) but am ashamed to admit that I never have deciphered IIRC.
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Michelle…IIRC= If I Recall Correctly…uber lamo Eh!! Best