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Until I was blue in the face, I warned the 3d floor of HQDA that a train wreck was coming: with 1) 70% of millennials and younger are now dual professional couples. 2) centralized Army in isolated CONUS bases and 3) blended retirement, we are going to LOSE quality officers,
Watched my peers leave in droves in the late 90's, but all that analysis was shelved on 911. We never addressed the underlying conditions from Leonard Wong's work to family/spouse careers. The changes above could lead to catastrophic issues for leader retention.
Folks are fond of stating the most important decision in life is choosing your mate. The type of leader we want, probably makes a good choice in a talented and smart equal. That spouse will not be content hanging out in Leesville, Killeen, Hinesville, pining for SM to come home
Now add blended retirement. That firs center mass, or nogo on a board? He or she will look at the SM, and "we're done. We take your 401K and do something else. My turn now."
We have to talk about optempo. We have to talk about spouse careers. We have to talk about families. And no just capitalizing the word and bullshit covenants. It is a national security imperative---if you want to keep an all volunteer force. Remember, draft armies are cheap.
This thread, which got us to a fantastic and vibrant conversation, was meant to start with a retweet of @JWVizzard tweet from this am. The link did not work, and then I lost it... Tip o' the hat to him.
I think blended keeps more. So many bros punch at 11 to keep from getting too close to 20. Blended keeps them till 15 or 17 at least.
That's an assumption.
If branch would have been more flexible with me after having had a kid I would have stayed in. But they felt I needed another tactical assignment. Even after 2ID Korea, Co Commander as LT in Panama during invasion, and tour in El Salvador. Meanwhile peers go from Meade to Pent
This is exactly what senior Army leaders should (and are trying to) fix. Flexibility. The tyranny of centralized personnel has to end -- trust military professionals to manage their own careers. And yes, that will enhance readiness: long term readiness > short term "readiness"
On the spouse side we have been SCREAMING this for over a decade. No one is listening.
Agree 100%.
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