@seagraves,

Congratulations on your recent commission! You are in a great situation to complete some relevant OJT before attending BOLC. I’m not familiar with the specific job requirements of an XO at advance camp, but I think there are some areas you can focus on to help your company while simultaneously developing yourself.
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@seagraves,

Congratulations on your recent commission! You are in a great situation to complete some relevant OJT before attending BOLC. I’m not familiar with the specific job requirements of an XO at advance camp, but I think there are some areas you can focus on to help your company while simultaneously developing yourself.
– Become familiar…[Read more]

@seagraves,

Congratulations on your recent commission! You are in a great situation to complete some relevant OJT before attending BOLC. I’m not familiar with the specific job requirements of an XO at advance camp, but I think there are some areas you can focus on to help your company while simultaneously developing yourself.
– Become familiar…[Read more]

commanded an FSC, did a year as an OC at a CTC and now am an OC team planner – so my thoughts, shaped by these 3 experiences plus PL and XO time are:

– get your Soldiers away from garrison and home. DIRLAUTH coordinate with a unit in some other state, that either has an SSA or a training area and exercise that they’re participating in. Task an…[Read more]

commanded an FSC, did a year as an OC at a CTC and now am an OC team planner – so my thoughts, shaped by these 3 experiences plus PL and XO time are:

– get your Soldiers away from garrison and home. DIRLAUTH coordinate with a unit in some other state, that either has an SSA or a training area and exercise that they’re participating in. Task an…[Read more]

commanded an FSC, did a year as an OC at a CTC and now am a planner – so my thoughts, shaped by these 3 experiences plus PL and XO time are:

– get your Soldiers away from garrison and home. DIRLAUTH coordinate with a unit in some other state, that either has an SSA or a training area and exercise that they’re participating in. Task an LT to come…[Read more]

Hi, Carson

MOS training on drill weekends is a constant battle.  As a Signal officer, I experienced many of the same problems while I was a company commander.  Soldiers want to do their MOS job. Without just passing the buck on this one, I will tell you that your best asset when it comes to this is your BN CDR, LTC Kevin Jones.  I’ve worked wi…[Read more]

Hi, Carson

MOS training on drill weekends is a constant battle.  As a Signal officer, I experienced many of the same problems while I was a company commander.  Soldiers want to do their MOS job. Without just passing the buck on this one, I will tell you that your best asset when it comes to this is your BN CDR, LTC Kevin Jones.  I’ve worked wi…[Read more]

Submit a request and get a second branch. What are you now? If not a 91A, check out my post at https://juniorofficer.army.mil/discussion/more-than-one-branch-within-the-ngreserves-pros-and-cons/ and request for the 91A branch qualification… It’s DL.

Unfortunately it never took place. We had an emergency that required multiple hours of effort to fix, and then when the dust settled I was pulled into my BC’s officer and told I was talking command of one of our companies, so I had to bounce and start my assessment. Maybe next time….

– most officers will tell you to always side with the Sr. Rater. The Army looks only at that box check, and you need over 50% MQs to promote. There’s a different group who will tell you that narrative is read – what’s there and what isn’t there; also some cynics who say its down to writing ability sometimes.

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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]

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