Did you receive any training or education about reintegration when you left the service?

SN Vivien Roman-Hampton — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:04:29 -0400

What was the most helpful part? If not, what sort of training or education would have been helpful?

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 14 at 2017 12:37 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:37:07 -0400

The Military and Civilian Leadership need to re-evalute military training and how it could be tuned into civilian accreditation. Military members execute multifaceted and challenging operations and the data may get transposed on an evaluation report or maybe even an award. A military award means little to a prospective Recruiter. They want to see transferable skills that equate into the civilian world. I had hundreds of truck drivers that logged thousands of miles in garrison and overseas. Did that garner them a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) or do 88M still have to take CDL certifications which range from 500-1,400.00. I also like how the Army has officers attend a college course and not even get a Master's degree out of it but the other Services produce Masters' Degree via their college. So, yes, there is much that can be done in the area of certifications for qualified experience.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 14 at 2017 12:38 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:38:17 -0400

The Army has had a program in place for a while. It's evolved in the name. Used to be ACAP but last I knew it was called TAP for Transition Assistance Program. It's a week long filled with workshops on resume building, interview skills, benefits management, etc. At one point, soldiers were encouraged to attend it up to a year prior to ETS date. I found the majority useful even if I did know a good chunk of it having worked in the civilian world for many years before going into the military. The probably could have done more on benefits, but when people are that far from getting out, it goes in one ear and out the other.

Response by SGT Paul Mackay made Jul 14 at 2017 12:45 PM

SGT Paul Mackay — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:45:40 -0400

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Jul 14 at 2017 12:56 PM

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:56:13 -0400

Being in the Guard, didn't need to, just had to start being a full-time civilian. Miss the service.

Response by SGM Erik Marquez made Jul 14 at 2017 1:03 PM

SGM Erik Marquez — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:03:32 -0400

"SN Vivien Roman-Hampton
Did you receieve any training or education about reintegration when you left the service?"
It's DOD mandated training so if a SM did not get it when departing service in the last 10 years or so, they disobeyed an order, were in custody at the time of departing service, or the unit was categorically screwed up.

That said, were the services provided good, enough? Only if the person departing wanted to learn from them, and do the hard work..

Response by SGT Tony Clifford made Jul 14 at 2017 2:04 PM

SGT Tony Clifford — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:04:16 -0400

Kind of. The Army has ACAP. It's a series of PowerPoint briefings about transition. It talks about benefits and they even have a resume workshop. I wasn't allowed to go until I was 3 months out. It's my understanding that most units are supposed to have you start ACAP 6 months to a year from ETS. That being said, it's good enough. If you're motivated and have a plan it helps you learn some tools to help you be successful. If you're just hurrying to get through it won't help you transition.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 14 at 2017 2:22 PM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:22:14 -0400

For guard and reserve it should be optional. When I get back from deployment I just want to get back to my regular life and not have to sit through a class on resume writing. I can see how this would be useful to active duty people. I do think more should be done to translate military skills into civilian skills. Take my career field on non destructive inspection, there is a shortage of trained inspectors in the civilian sector. If they aligned the military training a bit more with the civilian side it would make the tansition easier for people.

Response by LTJG Richard Bruce made Jul 14 at 2017 11:27 PM

LTJG Richard Bruce — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:27:16 -0400

RELAD 1990. Got nothing.

Response by PO3 Ron Hinton made Jul 15 at 2017 2:13 PM

PO3 Ron Hinton — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 14:13:15 -0400

Man they didn't give me anything but and excuse. Saying that TAPS class would be after my discharge date. Smh

Response by SGT Christopher Hayden made Jul 19 at 2017 8:24 PM

SGT Christopher Hayden — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:24:57 -0400

I took the required ACAP thing when I cleared. All I remember is a "How to write a resume" class and thinking that I could have just googled it.

Response by AN Christopher Crayne made Jul 19 at 2017 8:39 PM

AN Christopher Crayne — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:39:41 -0400

For the Navy, in early 90's? I went through the TAP. Transition Assistant Program also. Referring back over to SSG Private RallyPoint Member. He says it all.