Hegseth announces new Pentagon battlefield test for promotions to general
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon will implement a new assessment called the Joint Warfighter Evaluation for promotions to general. The initiative aims to reduce bureaucracy and emphasize meritocracy in senior military ranks. The Defense Department expects to roll out the new evaluation process later this year.
The Pentagon is altering the promotion process to get to the rank of general in an effort to “cut bureaucracy and demand true meritocracy” across the senior ranks, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday. In a video posted to social media, Hegseth declared the Defense Department this year will roll out the Joint Warfighter Evaluation,...
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