SGT Donald Croswhite 87209 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Was their an event, or desicion that you can look back and see, that stalled your career? What advice would you give to avoid that situation? 2014-03-28T08:57:55-04:00 SGT Donald Croswhite 87209

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Was their an event, or desicion that you can look back and see, that stalled your career? What advice would you give to avoid that situation?

2014-03-28T08:57:55-04:00 2014-03-28T08:57:55-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 87242

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>Unfortunately for me it was a deployment right in the middle of my degree program. </p><p><br></p><p>I do not by any means regret the decision to hang up my education for a year to go overseas, because those are some of my fondest memories as a soldier. But it was hard, I mean really hard to get back in the mindset of finishing school. It took quite a while to get back in a grind where I could actually sit down in class and pay attention. Nothing medical related just hard to pay attention. Gone for a year, money burning a hole in your pocket, there was just so much else I wanted to do. </p><p><br></p><p>As far as advice goes, that's tough. I would say try to finish school before heading overseas, or even a CONUS mission, get that degree that's paid for, then let the deployments happen, only if you have that option like we had. </p>

2014-03-28T09:28:31-04:00 2014-03-28T09:28:31-04:00 1SG Shane Hansen 87246

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My personal experience is not having college completed soon enough, made it really hard to make cut off scores as a junior NCO until I finally caught up with my degree.<div><br></div><div>I have also been the unfortunate witness of seeing NCOs opt out of going to a professional development course due to upcoming deployments or family situations.  This definitely stalled their careers as they did not possess the required PME to advance or use for promotion points to the next rank.  Don't do that!  If you are offered, go.  I promise everything will be there when you get back.  </div>

2014-03-28T09:35:37-04:00 2014-03-28T09:35:37-04:00 SFC A.M. Drake 112430

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I believe by being some some cases not all, to be DA selected for something...i.e. DS or Recruiter and that was not in your grand scheme of things. I'm not saying that this is a bad thing, but it does throw ones career path back a few years. I'm curious to hear others on this issue.

2014-04-26T22:47:38-04:00 2014-04-26T22:47:38-04:00 SGM Omer Dalton 6029787

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Oh yes. After all these years I still regret I declined becoming WO after I was selected. Foolish on my part.

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