Does anyone have insights or experience with the culture of the 110th MEB in Trenton MO?

The one that burned me cost over $40,000, cash and lost productivity, to recover from.

It sounds like you are self employed??

SFC Melvin Brandenburg The lawyer was $17,000, plus travel, strain on family, six months counseling to get past the slander, and I'm partially self employed. It was vindictive use of the MEB process.

Holy cow. I'd be a bit nervous too. One thing I've done in the past is to split train for a couple drills. That way I get a better read on the situation. I did that when I pinned my first rocker. The first NCO billet I had I was a section sergeant as an E5 and I had a private that was hell bent on nailing me because I held her feet to the fire on APFT, and wouldn't approve anything she wanted to do until she fixed that issue. Eventually, she ended up being released from the guard after the chain of command realized she was slandering me and I was simply doing my job as a leader. I am glad I kept documentation and a journal with specifics. It as a nightmare, so when I got the call for E6, I had a meeting with the readiness NCO at the gaining unit and split trained to make sure the unit and I would be a good fit. It has kind of worked out that with one exception, every unit I have gone to, there has been a need to get the house in order due to weak or bad leadership at the section or platoon level. But, only one unit where I had to deal with someone going after me vindictively like my first NCO billet.