<p>Luigi, I think you’re dizzy because you didnt read what he had to say which is spot on. Like SONG72 said, when this program started it was designed to track and mentor minority officers and to steer them in the right direction for upward mobility. It was never designed to give anyone bonus points at a promotion board. </p>
<p>The one thing that I disagree with SONG72’s assessment is that “water walkers” are the ones who make O-6. I used to think that was true, but after I did my tour at the Pentagon, I realized that rank is a factor of three things in this order - 1. need 2. timing 3. skill. Frankly, I’ve met a lot of boobs who make O-6 in every branch of the service and the military promotes them simply because they stuck around and they haven’t gotten in trouble. The military is having trouble keeping the good O-5’s to stay as O-6 because they’re already eligible for a retirement and can get better pay, better hours, better positions, and all without the military sacrifice in comparable civilian jobs. This is another manning problem the military needs to address.</p>
<p>I digress… my point here Luigi is that you dont really seem to have anything worthwhile to say about this other than showing that you’re pretty good at beating a dead horse. As Bill said - That’s the way it is.</p>