I’ve had Soldiers reach out to me regarding the Green to Gold program and service time calculation situation. This story outlines information and shows the Army is trying to find a way forward which has the least amount of impact on everyone involved. army.mil/article/272248
@USArmySMA Nothing like lying to thousands of troops, misleading them into a program that was ILLEGAL, then trying to “Investigate whether or not [Soldiers] were aware they were breaking the law” -BG Dampy I’m sure this is doing great things for the retention issues.
@USArmySMA One of the bigger concerns right now SMA is that USACC has not communicated this change or correction to DFAS. So, soldiers hitting a 2 year pay raise will have that difference incurred as a debt when they commission.
@USArmySMA The Army needs to fix this as quickly as possible. I understand the legislative realization that caused the Army to take action, but this hurts retention beyond those directly affected and makes everyone who is affected a mouth piece for why not to serve.
@USArmySMA I was told numerous times there was “no break in service” and my time counted. Please tell me SMA I wasn’t lied to
@USArmySMA This is a simple fix, ask Congress to update the laws.
@USArmySMA Here’s a question: How come every there’s a hint of ambiguity in DoD regs, or they include language about how the services “may” do something to help SMs, the Army goes out of its way to be absolutely horrible to Soldiers? Are you as embarrassed as you should be?
@USArmySMA Thank you for taking an Interest, SMA. Excited to see what the way forward is.
@USArmySMA Hot damn. You actually helping someone? I guess this is a good place to start.
@USArmySMA I have peers that I did G2G with that have already retired. Do they get called back in? We had PCS orders and never separated from service like the non-active duty option G2G cadets…it is literally titled Active Duty Option. I can’t believe this is a real thing.
@USArmySMA Recently commissioned via a Division Commanders Hip Pocket Scholarship (G2G) and willing to answer any and all questions!