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The "retrain" mindset has some virtue, because you retain a trained soldier, and you know he's a lifer if he's willing to re-muster!
The problem (in my experience) is the long waits associated with a re-muster/LOTP. The problems seem to lie at the unit level, where the paperwork is simply not being done. Troops have waited for appointments with the Career Manager/BPSO for a year plus, and they get punished by their own c of c at the same time for "quitting."
Most 031s I know get out, then back in, because the LOTP process is so painful. (undesireable jobs/postings, no courses (career or otherwise) and the c of c treating you like you are a disease to be removed from their sub unit asap.
The administrative nightmare of broken time is far preferable to the last year before your LOTP comes through.
yes, I know it is wrong, and should not be tolerated, but if you complain, things will only get worse, so the boys suck it up, and spend 6mos as a civy.
This costs the army a whole whack of $$ as the administrative costs pile up to release, then re-recruit someone.
What NEEDS to happen is that a hard-and-fast timeline be established by the LOTP organisers, in order to protect the individuals attempting to switch trades. Make the c of c stick to rule similar to the grievance process, where there are guaranteed response times. If this could be done, I think that the attrition rate would decline, and the re-train rate would rise, as soon as you could convince the troops that they would not be punished for leaving the infantry.
The problem (in my experience) is the long waits associated with a re-muster/LOTP. The problems seem to lie at the unit level, where the paperwork is simply not being done. Troops have waited for appointments with the Career Manager/BPSO for a year plus, and they get punished by their own c of c at the same time for "quitting."
Most 031s I know get out, then back in, because the LOTP process is so painful. (undesireable jobs/postings, no courses (career or otherwise) and the c of c treating you like you are a disease to be removed from their sub unit asap.
The administrative nightmare of broken time is far preferable to the last year before your LOTP comes through.
yes, I know it is wrong, and should not be tolerated, but if you complain, things will only get worse, so the boys suck it up, and spend 6mos as a civy.
This costs the army a whole whack of $$ as the administrative costs pile up to release, then re-recruit someone.
What NEEDS to happen is that a hard-and-fast timeline be established by the LOTP organisers, in order to protect the individuals attempting to switch trades. Make the c of c stick to rule similar to the grievance process, where there are guaranteed response times. If this could be done, I think that the attrition rate would decline, and the re-train rate would rise, as soon as you could convince the troops that they would not be punished for leaving the infantry.