What does a 42A do at their first duty station?

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:08:28 -0500

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Nov 25 at 2019 12:10 PM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:10:07 -0500

Leaves, passes, personnel actions, etc...

Response by CPT Ahmed Faried made Nov 25 at 2019 12:19 PM

CPT Ahmed Faried — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:19:57 -0500

You'll be the S1 link to the battalion for your company. You'll help with personnel issues like updating records, awards, schools etc.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Nov 25 at 2019 12:43 PM

SGM Bill Frazer — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:43:56 -0500

Your job as trained in AIT

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 25 at 2019 2:02 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:02:19 -0500

I personally started with inprocessing and leave/passes a long, long time ago.
Depends on how your section is organized.

Response by SPC Timothy Bequette made Nov 25 at 2019 4:58 PM

SPC Timothy Bequette — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:58:05 -0500

It honestly depends on the specialty your S1 shops provides you with. In my first assignment, I was a leave and finance clerk. Could be anything like promotions, iperms management which is universal to everyone, mail courier, and a multitude of other 42A tasks. A 42A use to be a seven series MOS but is now split into individual tasks depending on the unit

Response by SFC Jamie McNeill made Dec 4 at 2019 12:38 PM

SFC Jamie McNeill — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 12:38:45 -0500

Hello. Let's tackle that question without the MOS part. Any Soldier should get to know his unit first. What is the unit history, the chain of command structure, the unit patch, etc. Who is your first line supervisor, squad leader, etc. Will you be receiving your monthly counselings on time? Get to know your supervisor. Get your hands on the Unit SOP. All of this is not you being a "brown nose". It is you taking your future as a Soldier in your hands and how serious you want to contribute to your own success. You may know by now, school was fine BUT the real school is in the office, behind the desk and real Soldier actions and leaves and finance and eMILPO and all that jazz. Each unit, BN, BDE does things different. Call your next level (ie BN) and get a copy of their SOP); then you will know how they do business and how you send your paperwork up to them. Just off the top of my head. Good Luck.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 6 at 2019 12:26 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:26:57 -0500

For the most part, as a new Private, your job will be to do what your told...