Posted on May 2, 2018
What does it actually mean to take your military career in your own hands?
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So I have posed this question because I am trying to go active duty from the reserves and it's been a really difficult as well as long and drawn out process.
It's been really difficult because I get told one thing from one person and another thing from someone else.
What I know is that my packet is at the last step at division G1 awaiting approval from the 1 star General. I have asked for an update from my S1 and she told me that she would send and email inquiry to the battalion. Instead I get a message from my S1 the following morning saying that she talked to the commander (Rear D mind you), says that she will talk to me during BTA.
Which I know that means I'm in trouble.
Advice, guidance and help would ne helpful.
It's been really difficult because I get told one thing from one person and another thing from someone else.
What I know is that my packet is at the last step at division G1 awaiting approval from the 1 star General. I have asked for an update from my S1 and she told me that she would send and email inquiry to the battalion. Instead I get a message from my S1 the following morning saying that she talked to the commander (Rear D mind you), says that she will talk to me during BTA.
Which I know that means I'm in trouble.
Advice, guidance and help would ne helpful.
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Well, it sounds like you have already started to take it into your own hands.
I would say bringing up the disscussion early, setting up realistic expectations and getting your leadership to help you to the next step.
Also be open to changimg the plan, say the command has an activation they want to put you on or something.
Good luck, I hope you find what you're looking for.
I would say bringing up the disscussion early, setting up realistic expectations and getting your leadership to help you to the next step.
Also be open to changimg the plan, say the command has an activation they want to put you on or something.
Good luck, I hope you find what you're looking for.
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Well I actually volunteered already for a deployment already but I was told I couldn't go because they couldn't get the school slots for it and so that's when they told me find a new job and a new home so I put my packet in to go active duty
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First face it, that One Star does not have to release you from your contract, most will especially if it is for economic reasons, but they do not have to. The hard part is getting the packet all the way up to the top, too many hands involved and things get lost or misplaced or just end up in a pile of papers on someones desk who forgets about it.
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Yes I also put it in my letter of intent. But my command has been really dodgy for this from the get go. They told me outright that it wouldn't get approved and that it could take up to a year to even get an answer back.
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That is not true, I was a UA and I have processed the paper work up to the 88th RRC and had an answer within a month, but I had to push at each step to make sure the paper work made it to the next step and not just sit. The only signature that matters is the 1 star.
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If your command is being dodgy not sure, short of asking to go up the chain yourself.
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