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42A: Human Resources Specialist
Fort Drum
Deployment
MOS
Posted 6 y ago
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Busy in the beginning, getting ready to deploy is very admin-intensive. Settles into a routine for most of the tour, then you are busy as hell the last three months dealing with evals, awards, and settling leave balances.
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How was your 42A deployment on a scale of field desk and laptop to multiple monitor and rolling chair?
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SFC Lillie Brown
The mail is the most demanding job for the 42's. Not a lot of actions, but you still do the same paperwork and some others. I rather enjoyed being deployed, I just missed my family so much. I tried to sleep as much as possible, because that was one more day gone by and closer to getting back to my family. My entire unit had great support.
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Slides, Powerpont, Facebook, Rock Band jam sessions... same as in the rear...
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The lowest level a 42A is likely to be at is the Company level. Even in an Infantry Company the 42A would be in the HQ section with the other support MOS folks. So there is a small chance you will be at a line unit on a small base in Afghanistan but it is much more likely you will be on a Battalion or higher unit processing administration actions and handling mail.
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Like mentioned before really busy at the beginning depenedingnof you work at Brigades or battalion level, at Brigades getting orders ready for all the soldiers. At battalion level finishing up paperwork that was brought in, awards, and basically moving ypur office into containers tonget ready for the deployment
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