DoD Plans Changes to Officer Promotions

The U.S. Defense Department plans to announce potentially sweeping changes to its officer promotion system "in coming months," the top official said. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday referenced the reforms during a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on the Pentagon's proposed budget for fiscal 2017, which begins Oct. 1. "We're taking a serious look at some commonsense reforms in our officer promotion system and I greatly appreciate congressional leaders from both parties who have indicated their support for such reforms in principle," he said in his prepared remarks. For more details, see this Military.com article.