<p>The sun will come up tomorrow, couples will argue about money and sex, and employees will be judged on “intangibles.”</p>
<p>Two people apply for a job, one is an Academy graduate the other is not. Similar backgrounds otherwise. Interviewer is an Academy grad. Take bets on who gets hired.
Friend o fmine is an attorney w/ Customer and Border Patrol. He said hiring is weighted (as in additional points AUTOMATICALLY given) to veterans.</p>
<p>Race as one of the criteria by which a person is judged? Yeah, why not? Its not, typically, the sole measure of a person (and I don’t think the military is u sing it as one either). BUT, there is reason to believe that some persons (typically under-represented minorities) can use the assistance that is regularly given to those who’s father was an Admiral or who’s mother was an under-secretary of Defense or who’s uncle is a senator. [And those are not usually minorities.]</p>
<p>“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.”</p>
<p>At least one-half of success [maybe more] is a matter of luck and timing. And “luck” as to assignments, timing, need, etc. is often a function of meeting the right person at the right time. Meeting that person who is going to look after your career in some form and fashion. I suspect this list formalizes the “mentoring” needed for a succesful career. </p>
<p>Don’t like it? Tough. You’re not going to do anything about changing it other than whine on some anonymous internet forum anyway.</p>