Posted on Oct 9, 2016
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BG Dep. Director, Military Programs
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I was passed over in the AC and went to the RC and did OK for myself...
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CPT Robert Skinner
CPT Robert Skinner
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Sir, It is good to know you kept a sense of humor at the General Officer Rank.
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BG Dep. Director, Military Programs
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CPT Robert Skinner - A sense of humor is the only thing that keeps me sane!
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
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Same here Sir.
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
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CPT Robert Skinner - Keeping a sense of humor and not getting frustrated is key to success in such situations. It is tough, but not impossible.
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Yes, it happens all the time, but the component still has to accept you. I was the CM USAR Career Manager and we routinely had AC 2x NONSELs come over into the traditional reserve TPU (USAR) system. The USAR still has a substantial amount of billets to promote into, in your case to MAJ>LTC. Just make sure that you knock out ILE, at least the common core, as soon as possible. There are several ways to get it done. Talk to the silver siege officer at your installation or regionally. You can get this POC from the RC career counselor's office or the servicing Army Reserves Career Division BN. Good luck!
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LTC Charles T Dalbec
LTC Charles T Dalbec
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Good information as Military Education completion is your ticket to promotions.
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Hi MAJ Dino, I am in the Army Reserves. I am still knocking out ILE. Unfortunately, I won't be done before my next board. So getting promoted is slim to none.

I would like to continue serving. What are my options?
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CAPT Kevin B.
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I got tossed from AD when the selection percentage was 13-15% for those who were CEC for 10 years in favor of line staff transfers. So that meant my record at the next board on the Reserve side was quite different from the folk who were reserve all the time. So I picked up O-4 on the first look and went on from there. The AD side's loss was the Reserve side's win. Turned out to be a blessing in disguise when things started going South in the sandbox in the 90's. We had very capable and deeply experienced officers who performed well.

BTW, the fruit salad mania that has perversely been allowed to run wild is a detriment that allows reporting seniors and board members to be lazy. It obscures the real performance levels and capability of the SM. A perceived ratio problem becomes an easy reason to toss at third crunch time. That's why SMs closer to the flagpoles tend to fare better. They get more anointment and ointment.
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CAPT Hiram Patterson
CAPT Hiram Patterson
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I got passed over 2x for O-4 and came off of AD in Jan 1992. Then got selected on that spring's Reserve board. Never looked back either and the rest is history.
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CAPT Kevin B.
CAPT Kevin B.
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MSCs got treated fairly harshly over the years with an interesting dango system and the HCA and AS sides trading shots back and forth. Don't know how it is nowadays but my times in Millington noted the noisiest Tanks were MSC and the Chaplains. "Soundproofing" only works to a point. Nurses came in 3rd with better females being passed by for males to meet the body count for the FMF billets.
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