New CNN expert..

[stgislander]

(c) True. But in fairness to him that's what we all had to do. To be honest, I was stunned when, as an O-4, I first had to start doing that. But there is some justification for it: unlike in a cavalry squadron/armor battalion where I was one of < 10, I was one of MANY once I reached Major and was in the FAO jobs I had. The system is set up (rightly or wrongly) so that raters and certainly senior raters have too much to do and too many subordinates to keep track of (in some of my jobs my senior rater (early on, 2-stars and then later, 3-stars) didn't really even know me (and if he did it was because I had to make sure he did). In my last job I was one of 25 or so O-6s for my raters and one of probably double that for my senior rater!

There's also something rather cynical about it. Those of us who wanted to do a job but didn't like tooting our own horns were at a disadvantage compared to those who had no problem claiming they were Right Hand Men of The Second Coming. So our seniors (raters and senior raters) used our lack thereof against us if that worked to their favor. Politics was the one part of the Army I absolutely hated.... Anyway, I'll leave it to others to decide which camp Vindman bedded down in.

--- End of line (MCP)

It's not just the Army.

 

[GURPS]

I've been trying to define the term "CNN expert". It seems to be an oxymoron.

Military Intelligence .... Colonel Samuel Flagg

 

[GURPS]

White House officials sent document to Pentagon criticizing Vindman after impeachment testimony

The Pentagon received the document, which alleged that Vindman created a hostile work environment at the NSC, as he was on track to be promoted to colonel. The accusations outlined in it, if substantiated, would have kept him from moving up a rank in the Army, the people familiar with the document said. They said it was not the typical evaluation that military officers serving on the NSC are given when their temporary positions end and they are set to return to the Defense Department, as Vindman was scheduled to do about six months after the document was sent to the Pentagon.


The NSC is housed in the White House and chaired by the president, although it's managed day to day by the national security adviser.

The Pentagon conducted a command-level investigation into the allegations, looking for evidence to substantiate the claims about Vindman's conduct while he was detailed to the NSC, the people familiar with the document said. But ultimately the military could not corroborate any of the accusations, they said. Included in the list was an accusation that Vindman had verbally abused a colleague, a senior administration official said.

 

[Bann]

As I noted, per The Plan TM.

--- End of line (MCP)

I hope she holds her breath, too.

#onelessidiot
#makemyday
#thintheherd

 

[Scat]

White House officials sent document to Pentagon criticizing Vindman after impeachment testimony

The Pentagon received the document, which alleged that Vindman created a hostile work environment at the NSC, as he was on track to be promoted to colonel. The accusations outlined in it, if substantiated, would have kept him from moving up a rank in the Army, the people familiar with the document said. They said it was not the typical evaluation that military officers serving on the NSC are given when their temporary positions end and they are set to return to the Defense Department, as Vindman was scheduled to do about six months after the document was sent to the Pentagon.


The NSC is housed in the White House and chaired by the president, although it's managed day to day by the national security adviser.

The Pentagon conducted a command-level investigation into the allegations, looking for evidence to substantiate the claims about Vindman's conduct while he was detailed to the NSC, the people familiar with the document said. But ultimately the military could not corroborate any of the accusations, they said. Included in the list was an accusation that Vindman had verbally abused a colleague, a senior administration official said.

HE SAID, SHE SAID....beyond me why they print gossip pieces as news articles.