I want you to be as successful as possible. Many military & civilian leaders find themselves in an unfamiliar environment mid-career. For me, it was being assigned to the Pentagon where I wrestled the Bureaucracy for 15 years. There is a whole sequence of hurdles to cross:
Adapting to the New Pentagon Assignment
Understanding Pentagon People
Developing the Interpersonal Skills to Build Relationships
Learning How Bureaucracy Works
Writing for a Government Audience
Competing in Conference Room Meetings
Getting Promoted
Military Retirement and Transition
The more effectively you can perform these steps, the more pleasant your experience will be and the more success you will enjoy.
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What if someone served in more than one branch. Can any of the branches call you back that you served in..
Great job explaining this quagmire sir, and even better advice. You are so correct, stop telling potential employers that you’re 100%, it’s none of their business and against the law for them to ask. If you do put anything on your federal resume for “Veterans Preference” eligibility (a long, convoluted and misunderstood topic) is something like, “>30% service connected, VRA and VEOA eligible.” The only HR people who understand what this means is say OPM or any other level of government work (county, state, etc.), civilians will have no clue what this means and only opens things up for issues later down the road.
It ain’t green. It’s brown.
Totally agree. You are stigmatized and viewed as broken.
I completely agree with your assessment and advice not go around telling everyone about your status, and for the same reasons. Keep up the great content.
@7:21 you accidentally say the other ADA - the Anti-Deficiency Act. Lol. Still the money guy. Still love this one too
DFAS? A veteran family member passed away and DFAS was notified September 2023 along with death certificate NOBODY MENTIONED ANY NECESSARY OTHER DOCUMENTATION So here is February 2024 waiting for W2 to settle estate for fed taxes, they don't arrive March 1st contact DFAS and finally get some kind of hint They were holding the last month pay in leau of UNNOTIFIED DOCUMENTATION which they want to pay out to next of kin that last month BUUUUT!!! THEY HOLD HOSTAGE THE W2 TO SETTLE FED TAX aaaand repeated contacts with that department gets almost a different story and different form number that must be filled out JUST TO GET A W2!!! THIS IS UTTERLY REDICULOUS😡
I am 100% permanent and total disabled rated by the VA after injuries in Iraq and 16 years of mainly Infantry MOS. Luckily for me, patriotism and veteran status was at an all time high (along with MRI's showing damage), that I did not have to fight the VA over compensation. The problem was that I could not continue the family business (service call plumbing) and college was a non-starter. I was offered a job at a local gunshop which was a godsend as after nearly two years of not even having a reason to get out of bed had me thinking about buying a length of rope and a wobbly stool. They knew of my disability and we were able to work around both our needs. At the time there was also tax incentives to hire disabled veterans which essentially covered my wages. However, I can't recall all the times people, especially vets told me I couldn't work legitimately (W2 taxes and such) or if I did I would screw myself over on benefits or even be removed from VA compensation altogether. I work within the bounds of VA regulations and my ability, and yet to have any problem. Great content, keep it up.
I too got a 100% P&T rating out of the gate, after filing for Benefits Delivery at Discharge 180 days before my retirement date. I was fortunate not to get any major injuries while deployed, but 21 years in the Infantry, mostly doing high-stress assignments in The Old Guard, on staff, as a Victim Advocate, and as a Recruiter and Drill Sergeant took their toll. Prior to joining, I was a mechanic for about seven years. I could never go back to turning wrenches with my physical limitations these days, but I found a job working behind-the-scenes at a major retailer, managing incoming and outgoing guns and paperwork. I'm managing, so far, and try to put my veteran status behind me. Don't get me wrong, the first of the month makes my bank account feel like Bone Thugs n' Harmony, but at work, I'm simply "First Name", not "100% Disabled SFC(R) Last Name".
You were an Army bureaucrat. Makes sense now. In my 18.5 years of service as an 11 Bravo, the best "Tops" I had (especially in combat) never lost their cool.
Good to hear.
The answer to the question is Yes. This is excellent research and analysis of recalls. Great job! I was retired from the Air Force in 1998, and was recalled (Probably Category 1 recall) in 2002 after the 9-11 attack serving for 3 additional years before I retired again in 2005. Recalls can be very different, either voluntary or involuntary. You have to look at the "terms and conditions" of the specific Recall. In my 2002 9-11 Voluntary Recall, to my surprise when I retired again in 2005 with full ceremony, they re-based lined my entire retirement pay from 1998 to 2005. This means I received all seven years of pay raises from 1998 to 2005, multiplied by 2.5% for each extra year I served or 7.5% of the total increase. So I received a large increase in my base monthly retirement pay. Additionally, if I stayed a 4th year, I would have been eligible for a promotion. From what I see today, the current recall does not do that. (1) For 2024 in the Air Force, Recalled retirees are not eligible for a promotion regardless of the extra years they serve. If you retired as a Major, you leave active duty as Major. (2) There will be no re-baselining of retirement pay. That means if you retired in 2003 with a base retirement pay of $3,000, and retired again in 2010 that has a base retirement pay of $4,000 after serving four extra years, your new retirement pay will be based on the same 2003 $3,000 amount, not the new retirement year of 2010. However, you will get any financial benefit for serving four extra years, possibly the 2.5% x 4 added to your $3,000. Each recall may be different, and it may be different in peace and war, so you have to read the details or terms of the recall.
The best advice is just what Dr. Joe says "read the Terms and Conditions".
While doing my AIT at First Dix during the Viet Nam war we had a High ranking first sergeant who we were his last class as he was about to retire. He served 2 or 3 tours in Nam had at least two purple hearts and by this point did not take crap from anybody. We had a gung hoe lutenient that this sargeant had ripped him a new ass hole in front of the company. When he complained about that to our Captain he told him to stay far away from him because he was going to be discharged very soon. Best thing the top told the young lutenient was " I spent more f*** ing time in Chow lines then you spent in the Army. We liked him so much for getting our sorry spoiled asses ready for Viet Nam we took up a collection for him.
I love "LT meets 1SG" stories.
I thought they to do with cyber space like protecting Americans cyber space!!
Yeah, it seems to be a consolidation of many such jobs.
They say s**t rolls down hill. I say it can back up like a toilet overflow!😄
Plus, some s**t only rolls so far. Some things can't be delegated.
As a 20 year old with no skills and not a lot of experience, Im joining the military to get the skills and experience I need to make more once I finish my enlistment. Also planning on finishing a degree and not going into any debt. For me it's a sweet deal. The pay also is decent considering utilities are paid for already and the discounts that come with being a servicemember.
Bingo!
I was attached to the 2/2ACR for REFORGER '75. They wore black berets. It was kind of cool. I PCS'd to Ft. Campbell in '77 and assigned to the celebrated 101st ABN Div. There we were required to wear blue berets. They didn't even have the courtesy of issuing our initial beret. There was an ongoing scheme the division commander got a kick back from the surplus store and hock shop across Gate 4 on U.S. 41A. One day soon after my arrival, MG Wickham held an NCO call as a show of a dutiful commander. After he put out his say, he opened the floor for questions. There was once brash young buck who had the temerity to ask why the beret? We had to buy 'em! The color ran! they're hot! they offer no shade from the sun! MG Wickham was astonished! "Don't you realize you're in the only division in the army that wears a blue beret?" There was some groaning in the ranks. "OK," said Wickham, he took an impromptu survey and 2/3 of the NCO's didn't like the berets. "Well," said Wickham, "we're gonna do something about this!" And he did! The following week in the post paper the front page told the story that the NCOs of the 101st ABN Division overwhelmingly approved to the blue beret, and that it would continue to be the official headgear of the division! The article didn't mention that if you didn't wear the beret, you would wear your steel pot. It was on that day I learned that my entire chain of command from platoon sergeant, who quickly demonstrated that he was a shithead to division commander was rotten throughout. Years later, long after I ETS'd, Gen Shinseki instituted the universal black beret, suggesting the army is an elite outfit. There are truly elite units in the army, but the whole goddamn army? Sheeeeiiit!
Mmmmm....my favorite....taking a poll of the NCOs, then reporting the opposite. They love that one.
I thought that's what the Coast Guard was for... But yeah, I guess the Space Force could step into the role.
Maybe...we will see.
Your education is gold!
Thanks @Dark_Woods_Kronstadt
I retired in December 2022, and finally got around to getting my Retired ID card a few weeks ago. I'm about two hours away from Keesler AFB and Belle Chasse NAS, and over three hours from Fort Polk, so I didn't absolutely need the ID for installation access or privileges. I was also a bit confused as to where to go. A coworker had driven all the way to USCG MSU Morgan City (nearly two hours) to get his. I was hedging my bets on the USAR Center my recruiting company used to use for training events but could never get an answer. Finally, I tried a large Reserve Center across town (ARNG, ANG, USMCR, USAR), and found they operate on a walk-in only basis. I took my license, expired CAC, DD-214, birth certificate, and SS card. They took the license and CAC, and within 10 minutes I had my new card in hand. Different system and card, but those needing a Veterans Health ID Card (VHIC) can go to the link The Bureaucrat posted a few months ago. I applied for mine in March and never got it. Come to find out, I'd missed an email rejecting the application (likely due to the picture), so I resubmitted it a few weeks ago and got my VHIC in the mail last week.
The retirement calculators are so confusing. I just want to know if I'm losing anything by medically retiring versus regular retirement, after 20 years. Everyone has an opinion, but I researched as much as I could and I didn't find a difference.
Eeyore, you might want to shoot me a note at [email protected]. I've been working recently with a guy who had a similar question. The short version for KZread comments is that Military folks retire under one of three systems: Regular, Non-Regular (the Reserve Retirement), and Medical. Each system has its own rules about calculating pension, but the Medical seems to have protections that prevent folks with 20 years active duty from losing anything.
As a retired 1st Sgt I can honestly say, been there, done that.
I image there are some folks who are glad you did.
They are just irritated by officers and who can blame them?
Seriously...A First Sergeant is surrounded by junior officers who have no idea what life in the military is like.
Some of the best advice I got as a buck sergeant from 1SG. "When you walk,you inspect. When you stop, you teach." "If you look good, you probably are good." And my favorite, " Sergeant Ballard, if they ain't bitchin they ain't breathing."
I'll add this one. "When the troops stop complaining, watch your back" That's when they are really upset.
2:30 Government ran perfectly fine prior to the imposition of the Senior Executive Service unelected bureaucrats usurpation of power
Project 2025
ROCKEFELLER'S GLOBALIST CORRUPT CONTROL
These guys? What about the Generals?
Whats funny is I'm a SGT right now as a 12N Horizontal Construction Engineer. We are an MOS which is the Swiss Army Knife of my the Corp of Engineers. We are required to be Tactical NCO because of our nature of being in Combat Engineer Units and be expected to Tactically Proficent to work with 12Bs and their job of reshaping the battlefield. But then we can be in a Construction Unit that typically is NCO heavy and we are expected to be Technically Proficient as Heavy Equipment Operators, an E5 like myself can sometimes not have a Soldier beneath me or maybe one or two. But as of right now I have been a Sergeant for a Year and not had a single soldier assigned directly to me, only filling in for other NCOs who actually have a soldier or two. Because of this I have bene given many special assignments, such as being the CBRN NCO of the Unit; I have worked as a Technical Manual Verifier when I was assigned to a TDY under TACOM now four times to verify nee equipment that 12Ns will be using; I'm the unit C4 aka Crain Operator; informally I am the primary sensative items (SI)NCO who is always tasked to do SI because the S4 cannot sign for SI, and I have become a reliable NCO. My whole time as a 12N SGT has been on thr Technical Side, but in my last unit when I was still a PFC I was under Tactical 12Ns in a Combat Engineer Unit where we would train to use our heavy equipment in a combat situation in support of the 12B combat engineers. I didn't know about this complex nature of my MOS when I enlisted, but I have grown to appreciate it. Unfortunately I may never be a Tactical NCO as I plan to swap over to the Officer Path once my degree is done, which I'm close.
Good luck on becoming an officer. 12N is probably the absolute strangest MOS. Not just for what you point out, but also because of the career progression and the way the career field merges together as you get more senior.
As first shirt I learned: 1. Truth matters, liars will cover up things that can affect efficiency. Find the truth and solve problems. 2. If you have power and don't use it you don't have it. Use power to correct behavior fairly. 3. Punish in private and praise in public. 4. Ensuring dependants are cared for at home ensures troops are focused in combat. 5. And most important, never lie. Commanders and subordinates must believe you are honest and fair.
I'm gonna screen shot this for future reference. Good points.
A lot of people on Reddit are hitting a temp jurisdiction while they are in PFD at day 125.
I have this suspicion that the workload managers are aiming at that number.
More or fewer means what?
I figure that the VA has a fairly constant number of claims that they can process. If the number of new claims coming in are more than the ones they can process, wait times go up and the backlog grows. When the backlog goes down, it means the number of new incoming claims is becoming manageable.
@@the_bureaucrat doesn't seem it run efficiently
Whether it's Wounded Warrior/DAV tv ads begging donations or this latest separation benefit/disability 'GOTCHA' from the VA, or cooking the books on wait times to see specialists, the American Military (8 year vet here) is all bullshit, and it's bad for ya. I'll go one further: America is no longer worth dying for. You enlist and that makes you too stupid to be alive.
Don't get me started about WWP/DAV.
Sounds like my house. Im the SgtMaj dealing with my son, the Cpl, so he doesnt get killed by my wife, who is Patton reincarnated, lol.
Wife has been waiting for 5 1/2 months for a simple secondary claim so…… 🤷🏻
I wonder if the VA thinks its simple? 5 1/2 seems long.
The US Government Steals from Everyone!!! Fuck Them!!😅
Instead of forgiving student loans because gender studies wont land you a job. Why doesn't Joe step up for the veterans and erase this debt. Could it be because most veterans aren't his liberal constituents?
Fascinating point.
With the new dress uniform, nobody is wearing the Black Berets.
I think that they are planning to keep it with the ASU and to keep it as a clothing bag items, but for most folks, you're right...it just won't get worn.
we had the opposite, I had the senior NCOs -always- advocating for their subordinates. Much of that is great. Except when we had an out-of-regs corpsman who did not want to get his quali done for field medic (due to weight/fitness). He was mid-level enlisted leadership and because of his fat, resigned his post. Then they came to me to write him up for an end-of-tour award. I was like, "for quitting, or not wanting to get fit?". Anyway, they went to the top and I started getting hammered and wrote that bastard an award. If I didn't I'd have had the entire BN enlisted leadership against me, and that won't work.
That is an interesting turn of roles. And I think you highlight an important point about "the entire BN enlisted leadership"...they act as a pack and its hard for one individual to deviate from their accepted norms.
Very cool!😊
Isn't it though?
I am on month 4 since my duty to assist error was discovered since my board review. my initial appeal was in 2023. So going on a year
It is a tough process.
I did 3 years on title 10 orders as a navy reservist and a deployment as a navy reservist that counts for age reduction
It does. Check out this video on Reserve Early Retirement: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pmqtmdaYqbfMdKg.html
My great great uncle is burried at Ft Sam Houston. He served in the Cavalry at several West Tx posts. As a teen, he was a furrier, later a mule skinner on supply wagons, then a Cav soldier. He retired as a Sgt Maj.
Awesome!
126 days 60% (80% total) I'm good.
Yeah, it seems like the VA is trying to still get guys like you in under the wire. Which, as you point out, is good.
@@the_bureaucrat Agent Orange, The gift that keeps on giving.
This is why the E4 mafia runs the way it does. Don't let Sarge Get yelled at, don't let Captain know what went wrong and dear gawd don't gain the attention of TOP. Ye been in Long enough to know what to do, and you make that Happen.
I love the folks explaining the E4 mafia and how there are layers upon layers of "collaborative leadership" going on to make sure that the whole organization operates smoothly. We often talk about the E4 Mafia like its a bad thing, but in many ways, it is the true front line leadership.
Duh. Thanks for the video. If you aren't a combat arms veteran than you might not realize that getting crucified by your peers is far better than attracting the attention of you superiors. I had a Top Kick once ask me "Sweat or paper?" I took the smoke sesh. I was a competent and fair NCO but it took a lot of mentoring to get to that point.
Smart man. I will suggest that least among the logistics guys there is a "sweat" version of punishment. It just looks a bit like paperwork because it involves lots of paperwork cleanup.
He wasn’t a 1SG(First Sergeant) he was a SGM(Sergeant Major), or sometimes called Staff Sergeant Major because they are the Senior NCO in a staff position at the General Officer level G1,2,3,4. At this in the Army they didn’t have Command Sergeants Major(CSM) when the Army founded the need for CSM’s he was appointed as a CSM. CSM’s are the senior enlisted advisors at the Battalion(BN), Brigade/Group(BDE/GRP), Division(DIV) levels. There is a Sergeant Major of the Army(SMA). All three (SGM/CSM, SMA) are E9’s. The SGM/CSM are addressed as Sergeant Major, some do address the Command Sergeant Major as C-S-M. However the SMA you address him as Sergeant Major of the Army.
Plus, when you go back in time, E8 and E9 ranks weren't added until the late 1950's. So at the time of the Battle of Ia Drang Valley, CSM Plumley would have hopped from E7 to E9 in just a couple years.
First off CSM Plumlee Command Sergeant Major isn’t a 1SG. SGM is an E9 and 1SG is an E8. The SGM has way more responsibilities than the 1SG.
True...ya got me there. However, I will point out that the ranks of E8 & E9 were created in 1959 and the Battle of Ia Drang occurred in 1965. CSM Plumley got promoted to the rank of SGM in 1961 (He wasn't a CSM until 1969). So I'd suggest that the distinction between an E7 and an E9 that exists today didn't exist in the early 1960s.
Great analogy Sir!
Thank you.
Today’s men wear crocs, you can’t tell them anything. “He yelled at me 😅,” I’ve been yelled at that wasn’t yelling.
Sometimes that's the tough thing in today's world..."Is he telling me something serious? Or is he just making a passing comment?"
I am retired Air Force Reserve E-7 I had a young SSgt in my office as I am ripping him apart for some minor infraction when a 2nd Lt. walks in my office. I am giving a young SSgt (E-5) the full monty of a mad senior NCO. the 2nd Lt. never says a peep just goes and sits in a chair in the back side of the office. After the young SSgt leaves the 2nd Lt. says what the heck was that a$$chewing about and I say oh just a minor infraction and it was completely handled by my rage. I always handled issues at the lowest level possible and as a section chief it was my way to protect the young NCOs and Airman from the upper levels. I had to only do that once in a great while but I also learned these motivational mad Sgt. from other senior NCo's over the years. I may have not been liked but at least they respected me when I retired.
Great story...#1 letting the LT watch and then demonstrating that you are in self control by immediately putting the interaction into context is wonderful (two counselings for the price of one) #2) A big trick of making this work is "only do that once in a while". It has more impact when it happens less often.
You don't have much control when you retire from a med board with over 20 years.
Oh, MEBs? Those are like some rollercoaster ride in a horror movie. And the only upside is that at least you had 20 years. It gets really scary for folks with 18. Here's one of my videos on MEBs: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dqxo0rywoNSsedI.html
On a different level this is why Russia failed They have no sgts This is the difference
Especially when you consider how much training and education American Sergeants have.
Good job impressed and I like it 12 years Combat medic and 2 tours
Combat medic...2 tours...not easy.