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Clothing Allowance
January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
There are several different types of clothing allowances and these are different for Enlisted and Officers. We will only cover the enlisted portion of clothing allowance for this section.
Initial Clothing Allowances are provided to service members upon initial enlistment. The initial issue of clothing may be an actual clothing issue or a combination of a [...]
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Extra Clothing Allowance ECA
January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Extra Clothing Allowance are in addition to the initial and replacement allowances. ECA does not reduce, replace or otherwise affect the other clothing allowances. Extra Clothing Allowances cover unusual circumstances when an enlisted member may require additional uniform items or when a service member may require civilian clothing to perform his/her assigned duties.
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Military Clothing Maintenance Allowance MCMA
January 3, 2010 | 1 Comment
The military clothing maintenance allowance is provided for continued replacement/maintenance of unique military items that would normally require replacement:
Basic: during the first 3 years of active duty.
Standard: after completion of 3 years of active duty.
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What Your Spouse Actually Does
December 3, 2009 | 1 Comment
Each rating represents a different job, but for the most part, it is never fun. Each job has its beginning rung and everyone starts there. For some, the ratings are so difficult to advance in; they remain the equivalent to Janitors for years.
The most common things your spouse is probably doing on any given day [...]
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What the Uniforms Mean
December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
From here, your service member’s rate is added in front of the SN/AN/FN. The Rate is usually kept to two letter abbreviations, though some exist with more letters.
Look in the index for a list of rate abbreviations.
So the chain looks like this:
E1-E3: AN/SN/ FN
E4: 3rd Class Petty Officer, or Petty [...]
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Time in Rate Requirements – Rank and Privilege
December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
There is rank and there is privilege. The higher rank brings great privilege. A lower rank brings the privilege of more work.
In the Navy: In order of lowest to highest ranking.
Time in Rate requirement: This table lists the amount of time a service member has to wait to become eligible for the next pay grade. [...]
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The Difference between Military and Civilian Jobs
December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
This is a game that is often played by military. The ‘In civilian life, I would never have to do ….this’ Having spent five years in the military, I was resourceful enough to get an eclectic response to the ‘if this was a civilian job’.
A lot of them went something like this:
“In a Civilian job, [...]
Dec
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Reservist Duties Versus Active Duties
December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Most know the requirements of Active Duty such as being stationed in a variety of posts, daily inspections, reporting for duty everyday ready to assist in their particular rate. Still reservists duties remain vague.
There are so many flexible aspects of the reservists. Mainly their duties simply depend on operational needs of the military and their [...]
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Career Development Board (CDB)
December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Something that will always help a service member to review their goals and path of advancement is the Career Development Board. (CDB) Though this sounds super official and scary, it is just the service member sitting down with the chain of command and discussing plans to stay in, get out, help needed for studying or [...]
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Command Advancement Program – CAP’D
December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Every command has one. This is independent of the advancement numbers. The program is designed for those sailors that are good but just don’t test as well.
There are requirements, such as never having been to a DRB (Disciplinary Review Board), Captains Mast or Court Martial. Other requirements include having passed the test but not advanced, [...]
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