Well, I'm sorry it's taken me so long to write a blog! It's been hectic and crazy! I'll try to recap as much as I can think of, then I'll post another blog about my kool aid tie dye and acrylic tie dye experiments!
Alright so in the past few months it's been a roller coaster! Right before Christmas time at work I was given news that the Military would be cutting down the forces and a lot of names were added to lists to be reviewed on boards to decide whether they would stay in the military or not. I was not given good details on this and so we were a little worried. Soon after I found out that my name was on one of the boards, and unfortunately because all the other folks in our office had just put on rank, I was the only one in the office on a board. But this didn't stop me. I was one of tens of thousands on the boards! I made sure my records were in order and correct and then we found out that some names were dropped from the board because a lot of people volunteered to get out versus going up against the board. My leadership did not inform me right away, but my name was still on the list. Once I was told, I started to panic in March! I wrote a letter to the Board explaining my goals and want to stay in the military to serve.
When the results for the board were released on 5 June, I panicked! According to the news, all those chosen to be discharged were to be told that day, 5 June... I was not notified, I asked! My supervisor did not know, and asked leadership, and they did not give an answer. As the next 2 days went on, I was not notified either way, and started getting a false sense of hope. The entire weekend went without being told either way. On Monday I was told that "no news was good news" and I felt I was past the worst and would be able to stay in and retire as an Airmen in the United States Air Force. On Monday afternoon I was told that we had a meeting at 10am on Tuesday with the Commander. I went to work on Tuesday morning and checked my email only to have my heart pound with sadness! I had an email stating that my "separation was approved" and I immediately started reading the email and attachments along with printing out the documents I needed. I got a folder together and when I went to the meeting with the Commander, I was asked if I knew why I was there. I told them yes, and I got my answer from someone other than them! They told me they didn't want me to find out that way. I was PISSED! From that point, I have been out-processing and trying to do anything that we wanted to do here in Japan.
So again, I apologize on not posting a lot in the past months, but I will try to catch up!
Alright so in the past few months it's been a roller coaster! Right before Christmas time at work I was given news that the Military would be cutting down the forces and a lot of names were added to lists to be reviewed on boards to decide whether they would stay in the military or not. I was not given good details on this and so we were a little worried. Soon after I found out that my name was on one of the boards, and unfortunately because all the other folks in our office had just put on rank, I was the only one in the office on a board. But this didn't stop me. I was one of tens of thousands on the boards! I made sure my records were in order and correct and then we found out that some names were dropped from the board because a lot of people volunteered to get out versus going up against the board. My leadership did not inform me right away, but my name was still on the list. Once I was told, I started to panic in March! I wrote a letter to the Board explaining my goals and want to stay in the military to serve.
When the results for the board were released on 5 June, I panicked! According to the news, all those chosen to be discharged were to be told that day, 5 June... I was not notified, I asked! My supervisor did not know, and asked leadership, and they did not give an answer. As the next 2 days went on, I was not notified either way, and started getting a false sense of hope. The entire weekend went without being told either way. On Monday I was told that "no news was good news" and I felt I was past the worst and would be able to stay in and retire as an Airmen in the United States Air Force. On Monday afternoon I was told that we had a meeting at 10am on Tuesday with the Commander. I went to work on Tuesday morning and checked my email only to have my heart pound with sadness! I had an email stating that my "separation was approved" and I immediately started reading the email and attachments along with printing out the documents I needed. I got a folder together and when I went to the meeting with the Commander, I was asked if I knew why I was there. I told them yes, and I got my answer from someone other than them! They told me they didn't want me to find out that way. I was PISSED! From that point, I have been out-processing and trying to do anything that we wanted to do here in Japan.
So again, I apologize on not posting a lot in the past months, but I will try to catch up!
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