It's official
Someone in my Chain doesn't like me.
According to a reliable source, I was promoted to Specialist while I was gone on leave. But records on the Army website say that I'm still a Private First Class. Is it a failure on someone's part to update my records? Are the AKO webmasters napping?
Nope. Somebody actally kicked my promotion back. Why? I have no clue.
You may ask, since when did I believe hearsay? Well, if these are the same people who are supposed to handle such paperwork, should I doubt the accuracy of their account?
How did I come to the conclusion that somebody kicked me back? Whoever kicked back the promotion failed to realize that the people who handle orders are the same ones who make Duty Rosters. And guess what? The Duty Roster for this month actually says I am a Specialist. Somebody made a booboo.
ERB section's been down for a while, so I couldn't really check - this is one of the three ways one can check their records on AKO. White Pages say I'm still a PFC, and I got E-3 pay for the duration of last month. I don't know. I'm gonna have to wait for my Mid-month paycheck. That might tell me something. This keeps on telling me that I am right, that somebody in my Chain indeed does not like me.
I just know I'm not really happy right now. It's one thing to make a person wait for something that's long overdue. It's another to strip him of what he rightly deserves.
It didn't really matter to me that I got knocked back to working in an E-4 position after working as the Battalion's S-6 NCOIC, an E-6 position, for six months. It was bearable, though admittedly quite painful, that they took my soldiers from me. But to stay as an E-3 for over eighteen?
Whatever. What does it matter? I did say I was getting out of the Army after my Separation Date, right? I dunno. I guess this whole ordeal's just insult to injury. I still want to make the most out of my stay in the Army. But frankly every day a significant amount of Hooah is drained from my Motivation Tank. Do they really expect me to Be All I Can Be for the remainder of my time if they keep on doing this to me?
According to a reliable source, I was promoted to Specialist while I was gone on leave. But records on the Army website say that I'm still a Private First Class. Is it a failure on someone's part to update my records? Are the AKO webmasters napping?
Nope. Somebody actally kicked my promotion back. Why? I have no clue.
You may ask, since when did I believe hearsay? Well, if these are the same people who are supposed to handle such paperwork, should I doubt the accuracy of their account?
How did I come to the conclusion that somebody kicked me back? Whoever kicked back the promotion failed to realize that the people who handle orders are the same ones who make Duty Rosters. And guess what? The Duty Roster for this month actually says I am a Specialist. Somebody made a booboo.
ERB section's been down for a while, so I couldn't really check - this is one of the three ways one can check their records on AKO. White Pages say I'm still a PFC, and I got E-3 pay for the duration of last month. I don't know. I'm gonna have to wait for my Mid-month paycheck. That might tell me something. This keeps on telling me that I am right, that somebody in my Chain indeed does not like me.
I just know I'm not really happy right now. It's one thing to make a person wait for something that's long overdue. It's another to strip him of what he rightly deserves.
It didn't really matter to me that I got knocked back to working in an E-4 position after working as the Battalion's S-6 NCOIC, an E-6 position, for six months. It was bearable, though admittedly quite painful, that they took my soldiers from me. But to stay as an E-3 for over eighteen?
Whatever. What does it matter? I did say I was getting out of the Army after my Separation Date, right? I dunno. I guess this whole ordeal's just insult to injury. I still want to make the most out of my stay in the Army. But frankly every day a significant amount of Hooah is drained from my Motivation Tank. Do they really expect me to Be All I Can Be for the remainder of my time if they keep on doing this to me?