Originally Posted by
tomgoodman
In the WWII era, promotions were routine due to the buildup and combat attrition. A better comparison would be with previous periods when promotions were scarce, e.g. during postwar drawdowns. I suspect that those passed over were equally critical of whatever filter was being used at that time. If everyone gets a Masters, will something even more objectionable be used to select candidates? Of course they
should use "leadership and innovation" qualities, but will they?
You're absolutely right -- I was thinking of two in particular, however. Dwight D Eisenhower and George S Patton did not have advanced degrees, although they did attend their service's War College, but I would classify that as PME and not an advanced degree program.