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**Calluffence** · 12-06-2011, 03:16 PM

As usual a lot of smoke to cover an error.

I simply said that "the CNGB is a four star billet by law" Which is true because of the National Defense Authorization Bill of FY 2008.

The rest of what you said is typically irrelevant to what I said....which BTW was to correct your previous error in stating "….The alternative would be that the NGB Commander, who is the ONLY NG 3-Star, will fill that slot as an additional duty until it becomes a voting job, whereapon the second 3-Star job would be created.”

So, no we BOTH were not right, only ONE of us was.

The law can say what it pleases about the rank of the NGB Chief, and the Guard will only be able to put forward promotable 2-Stars for the position since Guard 3-Stars are rare as Hen's Teeth. At best, this means that the Guard will continue to put forward their best available 2-Star, and the JCS will counter with their comparable 3-Star, who will be promoted to 4-Star to fill the slot, and then Retire at the end of his term. Under the old law, the Guard 2-Star would put on his 3-Star rank for the job, and then retire at the end of his term because he would be forced to revert to his 2-Star rank if he wanted to continue with the Guard. The highest level Field Command in the Guard is the Army Division and its Air Force equivalent, and they all currently have been reduced in size to Seperate Brigades that round out Regular Division-sized units. Once again, once Peace returns, the NGB Chief will return to its 3-Star status - never mind what the law says - and the 3-Star will retire when his term is up.

12-06-2011, 03:16 PM	#15
Calluffence Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 450 Senior Member	As usual a lot of smoke to cover an error. I simply said that "the CNGB is a four star billet by law" Which is true because of the National Defense Authorization Bill of FY 2008. The rest of what you said is typically irrelevant to what I said....which BTW was to correct your previous error in stating "….The alternative would be that the NGB Commander, who is the ONLY NG 3-Star, will fill that slot as an additional duty until it becomes a voting job, whereapon the second 3-Star job would be created.” So, no we BOTH were not right, only ONE of us was. The law can say what it pleases about the rank of the NGB Chief, and the Guard will only be able to put forward promotable 2-Stars for the position since Guard 3-Stars are rare as Hen's Teeth. At best, this means that the Guard will continue to put forward their best available 2-Star, and the JCS will counter with their comparable 3-Star, who will be promoted to 4-Star to fill the slot, and then Retire at the end of his term. Under the old law, the Guard 2-Star would put on his 3-Star rank for the job, and then retire at the end of his term because he would be forced to revert to his 2-Star rank if he wanted to continue with the Guard. The highest level Field Command in the Guard is the Army Division and its Air Force equivalent, and they all currently have been reduced in size to Seperate Brigades that round out Regular Division-sized units. Once again, once Peace returns, the NGB Chief will return to its 3-Star status - never mind what the law says - and the 3-Star will retire when his term is up.
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