Do I report on assignment report date or Reception start date to new duty station?

It is probably a good thing to ask in a platform like this, especially when the communication channel between junior leader and junior enlisted is not effective, i.e. when they have a bad leader. This may not be the case in this situation, but it is definitely the case in many teams across the Army. It's important not to be naive about NCO/soldier communication channels, we all know many leaders that aren't super approachable.

SPC (Join to see) - Wow thank you for the insight on communication in the Army. I had no idea after 16 years that there can be crappy leaders. Nor did I not realize after a few years on this page that some junior soldiers actually don't even approach their leadership at all and come straight here. I'm so glad I was enlightened. Thank you for clarifying MY naivete. (s/)

SFC (Join to see) No problem, I'm glad I could help.

It would be foolish if I did not approach my firstline and career counselors first, but they're also learning. In fact, there are more helpful/knowledgeable people on rallypoint/reddit than some of the people in my chain of command. Most of my questions, the leaders I encountered did not have answers to and most of the time make up complete bullsh*t to seem like they know what they're talking about. Also, one of the career counselor that I encountered said there was no point to start my packet or can get approved for cyber until I was in my reenlistment window, which was completely wrong. I went and did my own research and got approved for the reclass through the help of another career counselor who was actually willing to assist.