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<p>While we have had a variety of topic questions posted over the last few months some have been repetitive and some just completely ignored.</p><p><br></p><p>Give us a example of what you feel would be a good and interesting topic for a intense topic post.</p><p><br></p><p>I think we need some new blood in the topics and maybe some of the members are not comfortable in posting a topic, put your suggestions here and maybe someone else will take the lead if it seems to be a topic of interest. </p><p><br></p><p>Let me know if you think this would make a good way to put some fresh ideas out there.</p>
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Hi everyone, thanks for your feedback on this. Here at RallyPoint, we have already identified this as an issue we will be working to improve on. We did not build this upfront, because we didn't know whether/how much our members would engage with the feature. Now, it's clear that people are engaging a lot, so we'll be improving on it. Ah, the joys of an agile development system. ;-)
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I'm fairly new here, so forgive me if this is a topic that has been discussed before. <div><br></div><div>Since we have a great mix of servicemembers and veterans on RallyPoint, can we get a discussion started about why people did or did not choose to re-enlist/go indef? It would be interesting to hear from both perspectives and the thread could also provide a lot of insight for people approaching the same fork in the road.</div>
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<p>Here are some reasons I decided not to re-enlist -</p><p> </p><p>Navy: I hated the Navy at the time due to my experience onboard an aircraft carrier and working in V-2 Division (Launch & Recovery). I loved my job launching aircraft off the flight deck and probably would have stayed and made it a career if I had better treatment. However, the way the Navy treats their people is absolutely horrible. Low morale and sarcasm was my environment. Working 22 hours every day we were out to sea was arduous and overly exhausting with little or no support for enhanced well-being. "Suck-it-Up" was my way of life. Not to mention some very personal issues of sexual assault that eventually resulted in my leaving for good.</p><p> </p><p>Air Force: after 9/11, I decided to cross over into the Air Force. Although I had such a wonderful transition and experience, I realized that I couldn't completely transition as a Navy vet. The Air Force culture is so different from the Navy and I still struggle with it even today working as a civilian. </p><p> </p><p>In addition, I wanted stability and was tired of the politics that greatly influence our life in uniform. I decided to serve in a different capacity as a civilian and veteran helping other veterans. </p>
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I don't think there is really a problem with repetitive questions due to how unwieldy the format becomes when the topics get large. I stop reading topics I'm genuinely interested in because I can't find where someone responded or posted something new with any kind of ease.
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How about comments on the Rules of Engagement from 1988 to the present. It could have been done so much better had political considerations (and politicians) not been able to influence things about which they knew nothing
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Here's a topic for you, should soldiers with p3 profiles be aloud to elect to do events that he/she is on permenant profile for, with guidance from a doctor, if not what is the regulation that says that they can or can not. I am on permanent profile for my back, so no bending, twisting, running, etc. However, my doctor has told me numerous times that if i can do something then to do it, but when it starts to hurt then stop. I got to my new unit and after the waiting period i took an APFT. I was counseled stating that no one in the company was making me do the events and that i was doing them of my own free will, which I understood and accepted, and then took the events. My APFT was about to expire and i would lose my promotable status if i didn't take one soon, and I don't like to do things half way and i can still do the events as long as its not an everyday thing to push myself to muscle failure, as many of us do on an apft. When s1 got a copy of my new APFT they took my points that i had earned for the events that i was exempted from and gave me the minimum, which in turn dropped my points considerably, and as such missed getting promoted for the last 2 months. I feel that i earned those points and that i should be able to get them back. I have PCSD 6 times in 6 years and have been in 7 different units, I am no "shit bag" thats just the way it has worked out with base closures and reclassification due to my profile. In all the other units that i have been in I have been aloud to do the events no problem. With all of the research that I have done in the last 6 months I haven't found any where where it states definitively yes or no. So if anyone knows the answer to this really long post please let me know.
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I am very sorry that this happened to you. Some officer in your command failed miserably in not watching out for their troops. Had you been in my company I can pretty much guarantee this would not have happened to you.
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