I'm very happy. Matt found out this morning that his Active Duty ARMY Branch (job) assignment is Adjutant General.
All the commissioning cadets at Boise State were gathered together at 6:30 this morning, feed breakfast at Elmer's, then handed boxes with their assigned branches' pins. When the cadet opened the box, he/she found out his/her branch. These babies were smiling up at Matt, and Matt smiled back! (These will be worn on his dress uniform. Pretty sweet, huh?)
Adjutant General in ARMY terms = Human Resource guy/gal in Corporate terms.
Adjutant General is our first choice, and is typically not incoming 2nd Lieutenants. (Most want something "hard core-er.") But since Matt already has 10 years of combat arms experience (and a hard deployment to Iraq, with lots of cool awards and ribbons) under his belt, he is really good with having a desk job for an ARMY career. As am I!
Really though Adjutant General (AG) offers so many opportunities, it's almost ridiculous. To better explain I'll quote The Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-3: "AG is an accession branch that is aligned with the force sustainment functional category. The AG officers manage functions from the HR life-cycle that include personnel procurement, training, professional development, distribution, sustainment, retirement or separation, to help ensure a quality force and direct the use of ARMY bands to support friendly forces at home and abroad."
In the Spring we'll find out where we'll be stationed!
4 comments:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I'm so excited! Okay, I'm excited for you too, but let's face it, I REALLY wanna see you full-time for a few months!!!! Please please please??!!?! Eeeek! Congrats Matt on a job well-earned!
Awesome! Congrats guys! That was what you told me you wanted when you decided to go to Boise! Awesome that you got what you wanted! Yay!
That's wonderful you guys got your first choice! Do you know what any of the possible locations for his position are??
Yippee! I am so happy for you! Now I just can't wait to find out where you will be stationed. Isn't funny how military guys/gals can just look at a pin with shapes and stripes and know what it means?? Awesome.
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