The Army on Friday released an updated counseling form -- effectively an employee evaluation -- marking the first significant change in more than 40 years.. The new DA Form 4856 could dramatically ...

The only other documents required are the Department of the Army form 4187 requesting the promotion, DA form 4187-1-R endorsed by the ... 2020 U.S. Army updates promotion and retention policies ...

FORT KNOX, Ky. -- Active-component Soldiers interested in promotion to sergeant or staff sergeant must immediately update their personnel and training records before the Army implements the ...

A federal judge struck down the Army's equal-opportunity promotion process yesterday, saying the policy gives undue preference to women and minorities at the expense of white, male officers. The ...

A number of promotion packets also raised the question of long-term non-deployability, he added, including a “significant” number of NCOs with P3 profiles ― which, by regulation, require a ...

The new Assignment Satisfaction Key-Enlisted Module, or ASK-EM, goes live Nov. 11. It will allow E-6s, E-7s and E-8s to use an assignment process similar to the one rolled out last year for officers.

In a memo dated June 24, 2020, and signed by Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, the service announced that use of photos in officer promotion board packages ...