Sometimes the solution is one that currently doesn't exist, and/or goes against the prevailing understanding.
For example: Are mob billets X (Sandystan), Y (CONUS), and Z (somewhere in between) all equal? Should they be?
Maybe we need to re-think the mob:dwell ratio. Any if that's a statutory thing, well, we elect and pay Congress to address those statutory changes.
Mob X to Sandystan, your mob:dwell credit is 1:5, and your physical qual requirements are higher.
Mob Y to CONUS, your mob:dwell credit is only 1:3, but your physical qual requirements are lower, allowing reservists to fill the billet who don't meet the physical requirements for Mob X.
Mob Z to non-CONUS and non-warzone, a goldilocks one maybe somewhere in the middle of those two in terms of physical requirements, with mob:dwell credit of 1:4. Think places that aren't as bad as Sandystan, but aren't as cushy as CONUS. GTMO, an example.
And when sailors arrive at ECRC, if they aren't found physically qualified for the Mob X billet they intended to fill, rather than being sent home they get considered for one of the other Mob categories, Y or Z (downgraded physical requirements) - so they can still continue to serve if they choose, albeit at reduced dwell credit.
This would allow sailors to continue serving if they aren't physically qualified to take Mob X, but it wouldn't penalize sailors to go to Sandystan multiple times instead of CONUS.
I realize this is all theory, and may not work bc the number of CONUS Mobs is extremely limited.
BT BT
I'm not a fan of "no more IAs." I joined in order to be a GWOT IA. I will probably have to volunteer for one of the last ones, before they disappear.
For example: Are mob billets X (Sandystan), Y (CONUS), and Z (somewhere in between) all equal? Should they be?
Maybe we need to re-think the mob:dwell ratio. Any if that's a statutory thing, well, we elect and pay Congress to address those statutory changes.
Mob X to Sandystan, your mob:dwell credit is 1:5, and your physical qual requirements are higher.
Mob Y to CONUS, your mob:dwell credit is only 1:3, but your physical qual requirements are lower, allowing reservists to fill the billet who don't meet the physical requirements for Mob X.
Mob Z to non-CONUS and non-warzone, a goldilocks one maybe somewhere in the middle of those two in terms of physical requirements, with mob:dwell credit of 1:4. Think places that aren't as bad as Sandystan, but aren't as cushy as CONUS. GTMO, an example.
And when sailors arrive at ECRC, if they aren't found physically qualified for the Mob X billet they intended to fill, rather than being sent home they get considered for one of the other Mob categories, Y or Z (downgraded physical requirements) - so they can still continue to serve if they choose, albeit at reduced dwell credit.
This would allow sailors to continue serving if they aren't physically qualified to take Mob X, but it wouldn't penalize sailors to go to Sandystan multiple times instead of CONUS.
I realize this is all theory, and may not work bc the number of CONUS Mobs is extremely limited.
BT BT
I'm not a fan of "no more IAs." I joined in order to be a GWOT IA. I will probably have to volunteer for one of the last ones, before they disappear.
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