Retirement

[chizz]

I'm about to retire at the end of the month. Off the top of your head, can you remember anything that you had to sign up for in terms of benefits that was time critical? Anything you would have done differently or forgot to do?

 

Thanks and happy holidays

[waveshaper]

48 minutes ago, chizz said:

I'm about to retire at the end of the month. Off the top of your head, can you remember anything that you had to sign up for in terms of benefits that was time critical? Anything you would have done differently or forgot to do?

 

Thanks and happy holidays

SBP is one benefit that's time sensitive and can be somewhat complicated;  https://www.dfas.mil/retiredmilitary/provide/sbp.html

https://www.dfas.mil/retiredmilitary/provide/sbp/change.html

[matmacwc]

This is the only time sensitive thing I remember, ceremony setup?

[Hacker]

Easy solution: no ceremony.

[chizz]

Ceremony is done

[gearhog]

Congrats on your retirement.

I'm a few months behind you, and also trying to cover all the bases.

 

[HU&W]

Isn't the point of retirement that nothing is time critical?

[icohftb]

On 12/16/2018 at 9:20 AM, chizz said:

I'm about to retire at the end of the month. Off the top of your head, can you remember anything that you had to sign up for in terms of benefits that was time critical? Anything you would have done differently or forgot to do?

 

Thanks and happy holidays

Dont forget to be current on green dot, human trafficking and on your pt test! 

But seriously congrats!

[TreeA10]

I've been out for a while, wtf is green dot?

[SocialD]

19 minutes ago, TreeA10 said:

I've been out for a while, wtf is green dot?

It indicates the speed at which you'll get your best lift to drag ratio.  Technique only, but I usually throw flaps 1 as I hit green dot and decelerating.  

Edited December 19, 2018 by SocialD

[gearhog]

2 hours ago, TreeA10 said:

I've been out for a while, wtf is green dot?

Instead of telling people to do the right thing and intervene when someone does dumb shit, we are supposed to use the words “red dot!” when we speak to indicate something bad is happening. Then we say, or be, or do a “green dot” something or other that is supposed to mean being proactive in doing the right thing.

It’s idiotic and makes you want to choke someone.

[ThreeHoler]

There is no requirement to say “red dot” before doing the right thing. But it is still dumb.


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[HU&W]

40 minutes ago, torqued said:

It’s idiotic and makes you want to choke someone.

But we paid millions of dollars to use those licensed terms...that work so well on college campuses.