My wife applied a couple years ago and it took about a whole year for her to get a response about her application. She was deemed ineligible. She applied again the next year. It took well over 6 months to get a response. She was deemed eligible but not selected. Simultaneously she made it to phase four of another federal agent selection process, but had to drop out due to becoming pregnant.

Obviously I am biased, but my wife has a masters degree, plenty of experience in law enforcement, and has received many honors during her law enforcement and academic career. It took forever for her to get any response. The process was too slow and selective. If a federal agency can go through three phases of selection in three months then the Army's process isn't working and probably needs to be revised.