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gregory.a.benjamin2 started the topic IBOLC lessons learned in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 10 months ago
IBOLC students,
Welcome to the Junior Officer Forum! What is the biggest surprise thus far, or something you wish you’d known before you arrived to IBOLC that would have been helpful?
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michael-j-shepard replied to the topic Tips on the Branch Detail Program in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 11 months ago
That’s perfect. There will be a good number of opportunities for you as a Chemical officer and a handful of Signal officers you can coordinate with regarding your future career course. Although it’s in Fort Bliss, enjoy your time in 2 ABCT.
Make sure you think over all of those lessons you are getting for free at Fort Knox. Leadership and me…[Read more]
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michael-j-shepard posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
Building plans and going on numerous TDYs.
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michael-j-shepard posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
@nedge13 Nicole, Welcome to JO! Nice to see another (future) chemical officer! Hope OCS is going well.
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michael-j-shepard posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
@bennettnance Hey, Bennett! Nice to have another Chemical officer here! Are you in training now?
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michael-j-shepard replied to the topic Tips on the Branch Detail Program in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 11 months ago
Lydia,
Welcome to the Chemical Corps. As you are a testament to, this branch has had a long history of detailing officers in. Do you already know your unit of assignment?
I would answer your first question in two ways – first about how to get ahead in the chemical corps itself, and, second, about how to get ahead as a detailed officer, w…[Read more]
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michael-j-shepard replied to the topic Caught Between Clashing Priorities (May 2017 JO Jam) in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 11 months ago
I believe we’ll all experience this more than once throughout our career. For me, the degree to which the rater and senior rater (SR) diverge dictates how I would handle this problem.
Minor discrepancies can often be handled by addressing the problem directly with the rater to adjust fire on expectations. It’s the major break-aways from SR’…[Read more]
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gregory.a.benjamin2 started the topic Tips for Advanced Camp and USMA CLDT in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 11 months ago
The link below takes you to an excellent article that contains countless tips for excelling at Advanced Camp and USMA CLDT. Feel free to provide additional tips or insight that can help the thousands of cadets out there who are preparing for their training summer.
http://www.themilitaryleader.com/rotc-advanced-camp-tips/
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leromt replied to the topic DITY Move/PPM Move Tip Sheet in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 11 months ago
Micah,
Some good stuff on your document, a few of them I did not think about when I made my 3 DITY moves.
One other thing I would add is to make sure you have a load plan. For example, I did not plan to unload EVERYTHING the first day we arrived so I made sure that I loaded some things last, like the kid’s bed stuff, pet supplies, some pots…[Read more]
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Klein replied to the topic DITY Move/PPM Move Tip Sheet in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 11 months ago
Wendy,
Thanks for pointing this out. It didn’t load the first time and I think it should be there now. Enjoy and good luck!
Micah
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Klein started the topic DITY Move/PPM Move Tip Sheet in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 11 months ago
Not too long ago I completed a full Personally Procured Move (Formerly known as a “DITY (Do it yourself)” or “Partial DITY” move and wanted to share the tips that I learned since we’re coming upon moving season. Attached is my “top 10” list of tips from my move. I rented a truck and had a number of lessons learned that I hadn’t considered when I d…[Read more]
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Klein started the topic DITY Move/PPM Move Tip Sheet in the forum Junior Officer 7 years, 11 months ago
Not too long ago I completed a full Personally Procured Move (Formerly known as a “DITY (Do it yourself)” or “Partial DITY” move and wanted to share the tips that I learned since we’re coming upon moving season. Attached is my “top 10” list of tips from my move. I rented a truck and had a number of lessons learned that I hadn’t considered when I d…[Read more]
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Klein posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
PT test done…onto the next thing 😀
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nathan.a.wike wrote a new post, Things I Would Tell My 22 Year-old, Army Officer Self – Including but not limited to 7 years, 11 months ago
01 OCT 2015
I saw the prompt for this piece in an article on LinkedIn. The topic is nothing new — just another “what I wish I had known at X age” meant for people at or approaching X. But something about the […]
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Klein posted an update 8 years ago
Just finished writing! Whew, I’m beat!
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michael-j-shepard posted an update 8 years ago
reading and reading and reading
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whatcha reading?
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Good question… for work, mostly a variety of plans. Personally, I have two in the chute: “How the Gloves Came Off: Lawyers, Policy Makers, and Norms in the Debate on Torture” by Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault and “How Statesmen Think: The Psychology of International Politics” by Robert Jervis
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nathan.a.wike replied to the topic Senior Rater Questions in the forum Junior Officer 8 years ago
Vanezza,
Your first question should be what their rating profile looks like. That is, how many officers of the same grade have they rated, and for how long. If they are honest, they should tell you whether or not they have room in the profile to award a MQ, or if there are those of longer tenure who they are saving them for (this happens – I do…[Read more]
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nathan.a.wike replied to the topic Senior Rater Questions in the forum Junior Officer 8 years ago
Vanezza,
Your first question should be what their rating profile looks like. That is, how many officers of the same grade have they rated, and for how long. If they are honest, they should tell you whether or not they have room in the profile to award a MQ, or if there are those of longer tenure who they are saving them for (this happens – and I…[Read more]
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nathan.a.wike replied to the topic Senior Rater Questions in the forum Junior Officer 8 years ago
Vanezza,
Your first question should be what their rating profile looks like. That is, how many officers of the same grade have they rated, and for how long. If they are honest, they should tell you whether or not they have room in the profile to award a MQ, or if there are those of longer tenure who they are saving them for (this happens – and I…[Read more]
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