You could always re-enlist and reclassify. Not that any human being on Earth would do that just to get some insipid training to be a journalist/spokesman.
You could always re-enlist and reclassify. Not that any human being on Earth would do that just to get some insipid training to be a journalist/spokesman.
Actually, I CANT reenlist and reclassify. My next reenlistment puts me at "indefinite", which makes it my last one ever (not that I AM reenlisting), and that reenlistment is always under "needs of the Army". I would have to request a new MOS through a DA Form 4187 instead, and there's no way that branch is going to let me go into a new field as a (relatively) senior leader who has no experience in the field. Besides, my MOS is shorthanded and the "out-call" status is "no".
Besides, I'm tired. Of a lot of things. It's time for a full-blown career change. It's a difficult time to do it, but I have a good feeling about this.
Actually, I CANT reenlist and reclassify. My next reenlistment puts me at "indefinite", which makes it my last one ever (not that I AM reenlisting), and that reenlistment is always under "needs of the Army". I would have to request a new MOS through a DA Form 4187 instead, and there's no way that branch is going to let me go into a new field as a (relatively) senior leader who has no experience in the field. Besides, my MOS is shorthanded and the "out-call" status is "no".
Besides, I'm tired. Of a lot of things. It's time for a full-blown career change. It's a difficult time to do it, but I have a good feeling about this.
A change of life is a scary thing. Having joined the Air Force at 17, it was all I knew. There I was at 37 and didn't know jack about jack. But I managed to use my military experience in electronics and teaching to land a decent job on the outside. Not living a lofty life but living decent, paying taxes, even have enough to eat.
A change of life is a scary thing. Having joined the Air Force at 17, it was all I knew. There I was at 37 and didn't know jack about jack. But I managed to use my military experience in electronics and teaching to land a decent job on the outside. Not living a lofty life but living decent, paying taxes, even have enough to eat.
I'm confident. It's too far out to be scared. I have just under 13 months before I am out of the Army. Its too soon to even be able to count on job offers and prospects. All I can do right now is try to set my wife and I up for success when we get out.
