...if I am in a E4 billet and I make E5 and NOW I want to transfer since one, Im outta rate anyway and two now that I am an E5 and I dont transfer until 09, I dont want to be completely clueless when i report to my new Duty Station. Do I talk to supervisor then the detailer or what should happen?

Seriously i really want to get out of here and learn some real stuff

Talk to your supervisor and ask about a transfer. Usually, one will stay tour complete. However, if you've been a good shipmate I'm sure your command will try and entertain your request.

Hope this helps.

I ended up out of rate right out of A school too. 8 mos into that tour I responded to a swap shop ad in the CG Magazine and transfered PCS to TRACEN Yorktown.

I don't know if the Magazine still runs thoughs, but last I heard Freds Place does.

Keep your e-résumé updated, as well. You're supposed to update it 6 months after you PCS in to begin with, and I'm pretty sure you can update it whenever you want. You never know what might happen.

After that, you can talk to your command and ask them to talk to the detailer. Keep in mind that if you're in a billet that is traditionally hard to fill, you're probably not going to transfer.

Further, if your command is unresponsive you could talk to the detailer yourself. That's up to you, though.

Then you can deal with mutuals and unilateral transfers which I would suggest avoiding at all cost unless you are very well prepared to incur the expense of a move, or it's local.

I really think it sucks that they'd send someone out of rate from A-School, that really is just setting someone up for failure.

Read the force notes on advancement and transfer, the detailer wrote a litte info in there about getting promoted and transfered. Good Luck

CONGRATS TO ALL!

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SKC M BALTZGAR SK1 C GARCIA
SK1 J EASON SK1 M YOUNG
SK1 D WASILEWS SK1 J GARRIS
SK1 E COLINCO SK1 D GRACE
SK1 M CAMPOS SK1 J LOVE
SK2 C BOZEMAN SK2 J HUNTER
SK2 J BROWN SK2 V RODRIGUE
SK2 S LIPSCOMB SK2 N DUNN
SK2 J SCHANDEL SK2 A FABIAN
SK2 Y MEDINAMO SK2 M SABAT
SK2 S KELLER SK2 D BRADY
SK2 R QAASIM SK2 H SANTOS
SK2 T JOHNSON SK2 A HERNANDE
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Originally posted by oneofthoseguys:
...if I am in a E4 billet and I make E5 and NOW I want to transfer since one, Im outta rate anyway and two now that I am an E5 and I dont transfer until 09, I dont want to be completely clueless when i report to my new Duty Station. Do I talk to supervisor then the detailer or what should happen?

Seriously i really want to get out of here and learn some real stuff

Since you are out of rate, you will have to be released back into rate. It all depends how "needy" they are for the paygrade. If you are in a special assignment (recruiting or basic training, etc.), you will have to get released by the special assignment detailer.

one of those guys,

Where are you out of rate at? Just curious what billets are out of rate for SK3's.

I too was out of rate as a SK3, however, unfortunately didn't advance like you and transfered a SK3. Congrats for advancing while out of rate, it's not easy to do. Do you have another SK at your unit?