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DD214-1
- Thread starter snake020
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None of that surprises me. As a retiree who did not deploy as a reservist, I don't plan to tackle this "dash 1" thing, given the apparent pain and lack of understanding involved. I'll just draw my pension at 60 and be grateful for my cardboard mattress under the overpass.
The first draft of my DD-214 and associated paperwork had me down as completing whatever the initial sub officer training pipeline is... in addition to my NFO stuff. Easy enough to correct at that stage, but I am curious how that got in there. Presumably an automated process. I also had some rando first class' eval in my record back in the day.
When I got my initial -214 as I left active duty, I remember going to a physical PSD in Oceana and looking over the person's shoulder making corrections. Nearly everyone in my timeframe was listed as an NFO, in spite of being a pilot.......among many other obvious errors.
The VMET thing really is frustrating, and also absolutely not surprising. It's kind of like how no aviator's FLTMPS is in any way accurate, because we don't use that system for anything related to management of our careers. But that thing shat out a bunch of stuff to the civilian doing my -214 paperwork. I think it basically said I was a undesignated human with shipboard firefighting and whatever other boat donkey bullshit some random YN decided to input into it.
The VMET thing really is frustrating, and also absolutely not surprising. It's kind of like how no aviator's FLTMPS is in any way accurate, because we don't use that system for anything related to management of our careers. But that thing shat out a bunch of stuff to the civilian doing my -214 paperwork. I think it basically said I was a undesignated human with shipboard firefighting and whatever other boat donkey bullshit some random YN decided to input into it.
I know that all this nonsense paperwork is somehow supposed to demonstrate experience to a potential civilian employee, but is any of this actually used for this purpose in the real world? I suspect not. It's kind of like passing through the guidance counsellor's office. If I were an employer, I would balk at most of it.
Fun fact... the only vocational skill that has transferred from my Navy career to the wine industry was me driving a forklift for 8 years as an AO. I drive a forklift just about every day at the winery. 50% of winemaking is moving heavy stuff around.
To get a mil retiree discount on my new Honda Passport, they asked for a copy of my DD-214 showing I retired. As a reservist I had a random collection of 214s from various mobilizations but nothing that said, yep, 30 years.I know that all this nonsense paperwork is somehow supposed to demonstrate experience to a potential civilian employee, but is any of this actually used for this purpose in the real world? I suspect not. It's kind of like passing through the guidance counsellor's office. If I were an employer, I would balk at most of it.
Fun fact... the only vocational skill that has transferred from my Navy career to the wine industry was me driving a forklift for 8 years as an AO. I drive a forklift just about every day at the winery. 50% of winemaking is moving heavy stuff around.
I'm not downplaying the DD-214 as evidence of service. I'm questioning whether all the vocational documentation and "military equivalencies" you get upon separation are of any value at all.To get a mil retiree discount on my new Honda Passport, they asked for a copy of my DD-214 showing I retired. As a reservist I had a random collection of 214s from various mobilizations but nothing that said, yep, 30 years.
As a pilot, yes. I milcomped most of my way to a multiengine ATP, saving tens of thousands of dollars and a lot of time and effort to get the quals needed for my .civ job. As for the rest, meh.
I question the value of PMP and Six-Sigma whatever. I'm sure it works for a few folks, but not everyone wants to sit in a cubicle and help Spacely Sprocket, Inc. cut costs for the next 30 years. My soul dies a little every time I see someone extolling the virtues of their PMP on LinkedIn. Ugh.
