SFC Edward Nicholson 2078384 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> 2016-11-15T20:02:59-05:00 SFC Edward Nicholson 2078384

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2016-11-15T20:02:59-05:00 2016-11-15T20:02:59-05:00 MSG Chris Allen 2078498

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thank you for sharing. The preparation they made prior to getting out.

2016-11-15T20:36:37-05:00 2016-11-15T20:36:37-05:00 MAJ Rene De La Rosa 2078597

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Location, location, and location. Their future employer; the type of work, and what their family desires regarding their future. All of these are important to the former SM.

2016-11-15T21:15:25-05:00 2016-11-15T21:15:25-05:00 Sgt Private RallyPoint Member 2078961

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="499300" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/499300-sfc-edward-nicholson">SFC Edward Nicholson</a> I moved to Pasadena, Texas when I was discharged. I knew I could find a good job, go to a good college, and once I had my degree, go to work at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

2016-11-15T23:33:47-05:00 2016-11-15T23:33:47-05:00 SFC William Stephens 2079860

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well up front I am a security specialist and never thought being an Field Artillery guy I was going to go in that field, I could told you 20 years ago I want to drive a tank and kill people but after Desert Storm all that changed because after being in combat as a private and digging a lot of holes to stay alive, it changes your life and the way we lived because I never knew we were going to live like that, because when I joined they didn&#39;t show me pictures like that. Before I left I was involved in something called &quot;Special Weapons&quot; and I never knew a TS would follow me in my career as a FA guy and then I was ask to be S2/INTEL NCOIC in my last unit and I began to read the regulation and it stated that to pass the IG I needed all these schools and I went before my commander and CSM and told them that we need to be school trained in this area. I did have much of an education because I was deployed most of my military life and had no family my 19 years I was in. I was counting my duckies because I knew my career was coming to close soon because promotions were getting harder for MSG and I was starting to build my resume and I knew as a Artillery guy there was not much out there for me. It was hard to look because I was busy doing security/S2 or transitioning units for IRAQ, then they dropped the news on me that 5 of were selected to deploy in to IRAQ and help collect data for units deploying for a convoy security handbook and this was my break after I return, Wow, I have all these schools from the army, I&#39;m trained in Security and other stuff and I took a couple college classes to transfer credits and used the book in my resume and now I work for a great agency who take care of people and I&#39;ve been here for 6 years but I am trying to find the place in the system that makes me happy, one thing I&#39;m doing is I&#39;m on RP to educate the CSM and SGMs that we need to change NCOES up and add resume writing in senior level courses to develop our senior and our transitioning soldiers. I have noticed that there are not many senior officers in the FA side of the house on Rally Point and I wish there were more. I have noticed that there are a lot of FA CSM and SGM, so please listen if your out there, the changes doesn&#39;t start with me, it starts with you, because that rank that can make change in out Military, with out we have nothing. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />STEPHENS&#39;

2016-11-16T09:17:41-05:00 2016-11-16T09:17:41-05:00 SSG Shavonde Chase 2081744

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>1. Interest<br />2. Skill<br />3. Location<br />4. Salary<br /><br />Not necessarily in that order.

2016-11-16T18:23:08-05:00 2016-11-16T18:23:08-05:00 2016-11-15T20:02:59-05:00