Okay, so a year of service has passed. My first year of service has passed to be more exact. I came in with very modest goals for the first year. I wanted to learn about the military, get proficient at my job and not go all nuts trying to impress. Year one was basically used to acclimate myself for what was to come.
Starting year two I have a few more goals as I need to start building up my position to face promotion boards that loom in the not too distant future. This year I am deploying and there is much to be gained from a deployment. Deployment looks great on a military resume and there are opportunities to shine away from you current leadership and of course there are ribbons and medals to be gathered. So my focus will be full steam for the deployment.
The deployment will actually take the majority of my year. The time I get back and tack on additional leave it will leave very little time to do much else. However, the end of this year will allow me to jam my foot into another area I need for my reviews. There are particular volunteer positions that look exceptionally good on a packet submitted to the boards and 2013 has an event happening that I fully plan to be in on. I have spoken to someone about it and even though I probably won't get the opportunity to run the thing I can still use it as a stepping stone for the next event.
The problem I face is that i work shift work and the majority of the base does not. So all these choice events I cannot participate in as I am required to do shift work and everyone else can do their volunteer during normal business hours - it makes things a bit more difficult for us, but I wil just need to try harder.
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