Do you still have your "I love me" Book?

SGT Mark Stevens — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:12:18 -0400

Well, your out now or, you've been out for a while. Do you still have your I love me book? What have you thought about doing with it? If you have even thought about it at all. Will it be a treasured family heirloom or a treasure to be found by later generations in an old box after we are gone? What about donating it to your states military museum? They my have several to put together a display for generations to view. It would be forever preserved for generations of future to view and be inspired by. Just some food for thought.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Aug 14 at 2015 12:14 PM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:14:40 -0400

In a sense. It kind of morphed into a wall in my man cave.

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Aug 14 at 2015 12:15 PM

SCPO David Lockwood — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:15:04 -0400

I lost that years ago. Never thought what I would do with it after I got out.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 14 at 2015 12:20 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:20:29 -0400

Not out yet, and haven't made one of these. I have been saying for a few years yet that I was going to make one, just haven't gotten around to doing it yet. I should prolly get on this at some point.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Aug 14 at 2015 1:10 PM

Capt Seid Waddell — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:10:26 -0400

Never heard of such a thing. Guess it is not old school enough yet.

Response by CW4 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 14 at 2015 1:13 PM

CW4 Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:13:26 -0400

SGT Mark Stevens, I still have my last "I love me" binder before I transitioned to Warrant Officer. I also now have a digital version called a Professional book, that has my ORB, OER's, awards, training courses, college transcripts, my BIO and my 5 year plans. These are easily editable and I've used it most recently to obtain my nominative position at TACOM.

Response by SFC William Swartz Jr made Aug 14 at 2015 2:32 PM

SFC William Swartz Jr — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 14:32:42 -0400

I still have my two, one is my awards and all orders and the other is all my training certificates. Will keep them as is for the foreseeable future, long-term not sure of what will become of them.....

Response by MCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 14 at 2015 7:36 PM

MCPO Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 19:36:05 -0400

Prepping for an upcoming more (the last!), I found some award certificates, so I pulled out the old Book and filed them away. I've got my shadow box, and two plaques for the wall, and the book is filed away. No reason to show off any more.

Response by SSG Ed Mikus made Apr 1 at 2016 3:38 PM

SSG Ed Mikus — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 15:38:35 -0400

heck yea! I use it regularly to find records or edit my resume.

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 1 at 2016 7:42 PM

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 19:42:43 -0400

Since I enlisted and arrived at my first duty station, my leadership set me up for success. I had something in place prior to but not nearly as organized. Now I have an organized binder with every document I have received in the Army. When documents were deleted off of my OMPF, this saved me. Every soldier should have some sort of I Love Me Book. To caveat this, I also scan every document and place it on an external hard drive.

When and if I decide to get out, I will still retain this for my records as well.