Speaking of Staff Duty, how do you feel about retiring Soldiers exclusively making up the staff duty roster?

"If it's done right."

Yeaaah. We're in the Army, remember.

SGT Nia Chiaraluce by looking at your profile, I see you have never retired, or gone through the transition process, so I feel you may not have a good understanding of it.

Doing a 24-hour shift every third day does not give you the time you need to retire. Yeah, you can schedule all your military appointments around that schedule, but the SM isn't the only one transitioning. There is numerous things that need to be done for the transitioning family, especially if they are leaving the area.

Let's not forget about the 72-hours a week extra you'd get to be away from your family because you have served in the Army long enough to be retirement eligible. But it's to help out the unit that no longer cares about you because you are on the lose roster. I guess that's just an added perk the recruiters and the Career Counselors never let me know about.

In my unit they maybe pull it one a week. That's why I stated when done right.

We were pulling that shht 3x a week. I did it for 5 months. 3x a week. 44 total times in those five months (I counted).

I actually thought I was going to die doing that shht. That's how sickly I felt. I could see it in the eyes of the NCO I was relieving, too. Bloodshot eyes. Weight gain. Mental fatigue. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.

I saw this in my last unit and spoke to the NCOs on it about it. They said it sucked, but it was actually beneficial. They worked 24 hours, then had 3 days off, they were able to schedule their appointments around it. Plus, most NCOs are smart enough to rotate sleep shifts in the night to get a few hours of sleep.

SFC (Join to see) What you don't have enough "nopes" for I'll donate my leftover ones I didn't cash in. That makes absolutely no sense, and I've never heard of it. So you're going to take a DA 6, completely readjust it to put retiring/transitioning Soldiers specifically on CQ/Staff Duty?!?!

Common sense isn't so common is it?

When you get older, it takes longer to recover from 24-hour duty. When you're young, a 4-hour power nap might do the trick. When you're 40-ish, with years of military wear and tear on you, it may take you a week to recover...from one day of duty.