Special Report: The Army is Shortchanging its Future Force

Officers with advanced civilian degrees are getting pushed out of the Army. But they are the very people Defense Secretary Ash Carter wants in the military. Federal News Radio’s special report, The Army is Shortchanging its Future Force, shows that Army’s aging personnel evaluation system may be to blame.

  • Officers with advanced civilian degrees are getting pushed out of the Army. But they are the very people Defense Secretary Ash Carter wants in the military. Federal News Radio's special report, The Army is Shortchanging its Future Force, shows that Army's aging personnel evaluation system may be to blame.

  • As some of the best officers leave the Army, the service's personnel evaluation system is stuck in the 1950s and it's still years before anything can change. Federal News Radio's special report, The Army is Shortchanging its Future Force, shows the Army is starting to take steps to address the problem to meet its Force of the Future goals.