Domani Spero at Diplopundit ("an obsessive compulsive observer, diplomatic watcher, and opinionator who monitors the goings on at ‘Foggy-Bottom’ (i.e. the State Department) and the “worldwide available” universe from Albania to Zimbabwe") went over Diplomacy 3.0 point-by-point.
Money quote(s):
"State created new positions under Diplomacy 3.0, all midlevel positions. Instead of hiring midlevel personnel to fill those positions, it continued to hire entry level personnel."
Midlevel ranks are where the shortages currently exist.
The FS cohorts hired under the first two initiatives (beginning with Sec. Powell's Diplomatic Readiness Initiative or "DRI") are already in the midlevel ranks, some even at the highest midlevel rank (FS-01: Foreign Service Officer, Class One), the equivalent of a colonel (or a Navy or Coast Guard captain).
Which is one reason State is so resistant to hiring directly into the midlevel grades. No one (or hardly anyone) in living memory has suggested that the military and naval services hire their field grade officeers (majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels; lieutenant commanders, commanders, and captains) directly off the street.
Even special service officers such as medical doctors don't enter the medical corps above the rank of captain (O-3, equivalent to FS-04, the highest FS entry-level grade).
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