SRP - Day 2
And we begin Day 2 of the SRP process at an early 5:30 am. Yikes. Unfortunately, this is where the Army and I disagree - I am not a morning person.
I arrived at Penterman and immediately started my processing. In the following order, I met with:
Training - at this station they went through my weapons qualification records, military driving records, etc. They give everyone a NO-GO at this station because they have you re-do all of this stuff in Fort Riley.
Finance - I went over my direct deposit forms to make sure everything is in order to get paid. Most importantly, I signed up for my BAH which is "Basic Allowance for Housing". To get an idea of how and what I'll be paid for per month, the break down is like this:
Base Pay for E-5: $2329.68
Basic Allowance for Separation (BAS): $267.00
Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH): $672.00
Hostile Fire: $325.00 (If I paid you this much you would go into a hostile fire territory?!?! ;-)
Total per month: $3593.68 (Once "In Country" this is tax free, as I understand)
Personnel - Talked to the personnel people, they made me check all my paperwork to ensure its up-to-date. Nothing too exciting. The girl that was helping me look it over though made a comment that I couldn't believe. She looked at me and said "Oh you are the one..." and I'm like "what?" and she said in so many words "Thank you for taking this assignment otherwise I'd have to go...", needless to say I was irritated. She made it sound like I volunteered. Ugh.
Family Support - Talked to the family support people. They took a mug-shot of me in front of the US flag so they can print buttons for family members. However, what I'm sure they are not telling you, the main reason they take your picture I assume is in case you die. You always have to have a good military-patriotic photo for the newspaper. Let's hope that doesn't happen.
Dentist - Had to go see the dentist, which is just a screening. They took x-rays of my teeth and looked them over. They said I have a cavity in tooth #16 (wisdom tooth) that needs to be taken care of before I'm deployed. (And in case your wondering.... yes you have to do it, or they can send you to a federal prison.)
Family Support Meeting - About 7 pm, family members started showing up... I was wondering what was going on. I guess everyone but me was told they scheduled a family support meeting... I found out they "should have" told me this when they notified me for deployment. The meeting didn't get over until about 9:30, which then the 1st sergeant said we could go out with our families but we ALL had to be at Ashland to spend the night.
I arrived at Penterman and immediately started my processing. In the following order, I met with:
Training - at this station they went through my weapons qualification records, military driving records, etc. They give everyone a NO-GO at this station because they have you re-do all of this stuff in Fort Riley.
Finance - I went over my direct deposit forms to make sure everything is in order to get paid. Most importantly, I signed up for my BAH which is "Basic Allowance for Housing". To get an idea of how and what I'll be paid for per month, the break down is like this:
Base Pay for E-5: $2329.68
Basic Allowance for Separation (BAS): $267.00
Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH): $672.00
Hostile Fire: $325.00 (If I paid you this much you would go into a hostile fire territory?!?! ;-)
Total per month: $3593.68 (Once "In Country" this is tax free, as I understand)
Personnel - Talked to the personnel people, they made me check all my paperwork to ensure its up-to-date. Nothing too exciting. The girl that was helping me look it over though made a comment that I couldn't believe. She looked at me and said "Oh you are the one..." and I'm like "what?" and she said in so many words "Thank you for taking this assignment otherwise I'd have to go...", needless to say I was irritated. She made it sound like I volunteered. Ugh.
Family Support - Talked to the family support people. They took a mug-shot of me in front of the US flag so they can print buttons for family members. However, what I'm sure they are not telling you, the main reason they take your picture I assume is in case you die. You always have to have a good military-patriotic photo for the newspaper. Let's hope that doesn't happen.
Dentist - Had to go see the dentist, which is just a screening. They took x-rays of my teeth and looked them over. They said I have a cavity in tooth #16 (wisdom tooth) that needs to be taken care of before I'm deployed. (And in case your wondering.... yes you have to do it, or they can send you to a federal prison.)
Family Support Meeting - About 7 pm, family members started showing up... I was wondering what was going on. I guess everyone but me was told they scheduled a family support meeting... I found out they "should have" told me this when they notified me for deployment. The meeting didn't get over until about 9:30, which then the 1st sergeant said we could go out with our families but we ALL had to be at Ashland to spend the night.
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