A guy should be able to be an XO for 3 years and not be at a disadvantage to the guy who was the S-3. If we try to sell the Army as a challenge, we need to deliver in Initial Entry Training. I think everyone will agree that today's stress-card politically correct IET doesn't fill that bill. Junior officers aren t having fun and more importantly, see that their immediate superiors aren t having fun either. This is why massive pay raises aren't going to help.
Housing is deplorable.
Not only here but across the board. There is not enough housing and what exists needs remodeling. If the CSA wants to work on retention how about pumping some dollars into adequate and plentiful housing for our soldiers. I think a large part of the housing and other quality of life issues is that senior leaders see life exclusively from a quantitative perspective. Anything that doesn't show up on a USR slide is not contributing to readiness.