Hi Mary,

My roommate back at the Academy did Sandhurst CLDT and he said it was tough but he enjoyed it. From the sounds of it, he did a lot more rucking (at one point the water in his camel back had frozen over) and tea drinking (the formation would actually take a tactical pause to break out the thermos) than expected. However, he also got to en…[Read more]

@ae_rollinson

I’ve encountered two situations within the past twelve months where two Soldiers (one PFC and the other SSG) that wanted to ETS. The solution in both cases was communication. It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day operations and forget to talk to people. I try to make it a point to learn what people are thinking to help them…[Read more]

Things such as military bearing, decent APFT score and working well with others play into having a good OER.
The best advice that was ever given to me was from an O-6 who said “Don’t worry about it, if you’re doing the right thing your OER will write itself.” I live by it and it hasn’t failed me yet. I absolutely agree with @brock it is fair to as…[Read more]

Things such as military bearing, decent APFT score and working well with others play into having a good OER.
The best advice that was ever given to me was from an O-6 who said “Don’t worry about it, if you’re doing the right thing your OER will write itself.” I live by it and it hasn’t failed me yet. I absolutely agree with @brock.j.young it is fa…[Read more]