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How long before their transition leave begins should retiring service members cease to function in their duty position? I've seen some start transitioning ( and stop working ) over a year before their actual retirement. They show up for accountability, but contribute little to nothing to the mission. Outside of appropriate Soldier for Life (ACAP) activities, job interviews, etc., should soon-to-be retirees be allowed to just stop functioning as Soldiers/leaders as soon as they have retirement orders?
Retirement
Transition
ACAP/Soldier for Life (SFL-TAP)
Posted >1 y ago
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Once you’ve completed your right seat ride with your replacement, feel free to drop ruck. If you are still responsible for certain things though, don’t let your coworkers have to clean up after you. Decades of honorable service shouldn’t be tarnished by a last moment attitude shift… Once you are no longer relied on, feel free to chuck that ruck off a cliff…
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'Taking a knee', w/ time to serve s/b only used for training your replacement. When you walk out the gate, then shed the responsibility.
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As others have alluded, your command should assign your replacement with sufficient time for you to properly hand over the reigns with good continuity. For me, that was about 60 days before I started terminal leave. It wasn't an abrupt change. As my replacement became more comfortable, he took on more of my duties, and I did more retirement processing (there's a lot). That's what worked for me anyway.
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