jbrichmond,
Glad to read it worked out.
Jcleppe,
I kind of know about Army TMO (2 tours), but I will say AF does the same thing too, he just has to go to TMO and show orders. This is when you need to be the squeaky wheel. Yes, sometimes you need to be a squeaky wheel, you just have to determine when you should be that wheel and when you shouldn't...i.e. it isn't sounding like a squeak, but a low annoying whine!
It use to be worse yrs and yrs ago. You had to give them 6 days they could choose from, but the kicker was it had to be in the same month. Not a problem when your RNLD is the 15-31st. Big problem when it is the 8th, (remember Sat and Sunday don't count) and you were only allowed 3 days at the Q's out processing and it was a 3 day travel to your station. We actually had to pack up one time almost 2 weeks before leaving because the only way to follow their rules was to have the move selection dates for the prior month, and of course they didn't give us the 6th day, they gave us the 1st day available...the 22nd the month prior!
Lesson learned...buy air mattresses! Believe it or not it gets worse, because your DS like mine are new commissions, they could pack the majority of it in the car. This happened when we had 2 kids (3 and 1) + a dog! It got even worse when we went to CGSC as a sister school. Army students got their orders 1st, AF last. By the time we got to TMO, we lived in boxes packed around the house (12K pounds) for 3 weeks. 3 kids, 2 dogs and a cat...the phrase shoot me now took on a whole new meaning, the cliche that bud doesn't make enough beer, was a pretty close second! FYI, beds were left on floors, video game systems, and games boxed up, computer boxed up, only boxes left opened were linens, 1 dishpack, washer and dryer were even disconnected and wrapped
I can still give you the directions to the laundromat in Leavenworth. It became a social hang out those 3 weeks because we were all in the same boat! Looking for that advil bottle?
Like everyone says, if you can't get accustomed to HURRY UP AND WAIT, than the military might not be a good fit!
As much as I may beaach about those days, they are the days we laugh about now! Plus, I really can tell my kids when they complain' go cry me a river, been there, done that, and I have pictures to prove it!
Back on topic.
Jcleppe said:
had to laugh once when she relayed to him that her email box was filled with emails asking "When will I hear if I get the scholarship" even though the board was still a month away. I was also surprised at the small number of POC's that handle the thousands of applications, it's a wonder they answer any emails at all.
That was my point. You can't assume you are the only one emailing this person. They can't send a mass email to calm all of your nerves, because than everyone's email address is attached to the mass email. That leaves one option, one by one email. Imagine 1 by 1 and they could have 100 to respond to everyday. How fast can you type and still meet and recruit new candidates.