Army changes the way it selects battalion commanders
This is a long over due change in the way battalion commanders are selected. As the article notes, a private trying to serve with the 75th Ranger Regiment gets far more scrutiny (an pain) than those considered for battalion command.
Read the rest at the link.Army officers bucking for a battalion command will soon have to go through a five-day assessment course aimed at evaluating their mental and physical potential for the sought-after assignment.
Beginning in January, officers selected from the lieutenant colonel centralized selection list will attend the Battalion Commander Assessment Program (BCAP) at Fort Knox, Kentucky, according to a recent Army news release.
Until now, battalion commanders have been selected by a board review of personnel files.
"We spend more time and more money on selecting a private to be in [75th] Ranger Regiment than we do selecting what I would argue is one of the most consequential leadership positions in the Army, our battalion commanders," Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said in October at the Association of the United States Army's annual meeting, according to the release