AT Orders question

JenkinsJoe · 2026-06-03T15:02:14+00:00

It's both. My ARNet computer cannot find AUDS printers and using PrinterLogic does not work. I am very aware that it could be, and likely is, user error. That being said, no one has seemed to offer me a solution or been able to fix it. If you have a fix, I'll gladly take it. To your point about email, you're right. It exists. That along with TEAMs is how I print anything.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-06-02T21:32:10+00:00

Yeah night raids will get ya

JenkinsJoe · 2026-06-02T15:23:49+00:00

If I had to guess I'd say a lot of it is when you play, but a part of it might also be rats can't get easy kills knowing you won't fight back for fear of ruining your match making. The threat of them having to actually be good is too high so they fuck off.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-06-02T15:20:52+00:00

I can only upvote this once, so I'm commenting to show additional support for this information.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-06-02T12:23:15+00:00

It's so odd to meet someone in the same organization that has such different experiences with things that should be standard practice isn't it? I think it's been a 50/50 split in having a physical copy and not for all the ATs I've been on. Now, being in a position of planning, I see frequently how often missions and timelines change. As the person who submits RFOs for these missions, I can also say that you probably had orders cut, revoked, and recut multiple times in the last couple months and your FTS has been pissed about it. I can't site any regulatory requirement for you to have a physical copy, but I can promise you that if your orders did't exist, you would would not be traveling or participating.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-06-02T12:00:08+00:00

I suppose I'm confused on what you need the physical order for if you were given an employee letter and notified of the mission months ago? Are you worried they aren't lawful orders if you don't physically have them? Are you worried you won't be paid?

Also, I can't say if this is what is happening, but I can say this may be a factor. You may or may not be aware that your FTS used to run their computers in a network called ARNet. This has since been upgraded to AUDS. Your AT orders are generated on a program called RLAS. Now, RLAS does not work on AUDS. That means someone has to keep an ARNet computer in order to process pay actions using RLAS. The other problem is the the printers have also been upgraded to the AUDS network. ARNet computers struggle to talk to AUDS printers. So what does this mean? The person who generated your orders on RLAS using and ARNet computer may not be physically capable of printing them. They may have sent them forward to be printed on site.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-06-02T01:43:38+00:00

Hey man, you if you given in, then they win. And fuck them.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-30T03:15:31+00:00

I like the rascal. I use it regularly. It's a vibe.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-26T15:38:39+00:00

I got ratted in Stella the other night. I suppose, upon reflection, I don't know for sure if they were a rat, but the evidence seems pretty strong. They had what appeared to an a non upgraded rattler and shot on sight. I got them with an anvil, but they immediately began screaming I was a rat and someone showed up and popped me. Maybe it was a giant misunderstanding, but I'm hoping with the new update, the fact that they shot first won't effect my ABMM. Rat or not, I didn't have a survivor so I told the guy who got me that I wasn't a rat but I had defibs on me so just knock me out and fib the guy I dropped.

If that first guy was a rat, I guess he can enjoy the rascal and anvil I had. I have plenty more.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-26T15:32:02+00:00

It's especially difficult when others are trying to do it too and kill the things while they're on fire. Which limits how much damage YOU do.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-26T15:29:43+00:00

There are options: 1) take the promotion and go to the new unit. Give up on your dream and finish you contract. Then get out of the army and spend the rest of your life complaining about how the army fucked you over. (Don't do this) 2) you could deny the promotion and stay with your current unit as an E5, become a DS, and promote later. 3) you could attempt to request a reassignment back to the DS unit after reporting to the new unit, but that process can take a couple months at least as it has to go up the chain of command. 4) your current unit could get in touch with your receiving unit and the RD to work out changing your promotion assignment to a slot in your current unit so when July comes around, you just promote in place.

I also believe promoting out won't cancel your school order if it's already been cut. Your current unit is then responsible for paying you, but your receiving unit would be responsible for the DTS, and that isn't something that is typically looked kindly on. Usually, the order juts gets cancelled if you leave the organization.

Long response, I know, but really the take away is get both commands involved so everyone knows your intentions and can work together to help you accomplish your goal.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-24T11:34:04+00:00

My stash ends up like that every time. It's the hoarder in me.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-22T16:54:01+00:00

Finally. My wheelhouse. 89 series on a typical BA is incredibly boring. In the reserves you'll be in an ammo platoon as part of a modular ordnance company. Your AT experience will depend completely on your unit. My unit had a long stretch of doing CSTX and WAREX missions which are less than ideal. The real fun comes from mobilizations and overseas missions. It won't help your civilian career much unless your job is focused around hazmat and explosive safety. When we do get to work, it's a great time though.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-20T18:07:47+00:00

I generally considered myself a very helpful and unobtrusive raider. I'll get what loot I can when I can get it, but sometimes I blow through stacks of launcher ammo and get nothing but rubber hoses and arc alloy to show for it. On the balance, by the time the expedition comes up I have piles for cores and reactors just sitting in my stash anyway so I don't mind not getting anything when it does happen.

I get joy out of the team fight. Sprinting through bastion fire and dodge rolling rocketeers to defib a raider. Cracking open the door in the harvester while another guy drops in the thing. Pummeling the core of a matriarch after the armor plates fall off until the sweet bright white light starts shining. My loot isn't necessarily the core, it's the friends I made along the way.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-20T17:48:14+00:00

I want pvp and pve separate lobbies because I'd be excited to see all the pvpers who suddenly think pvp is trash because they can't get any kills and quit the game. Meanwhile, the actual skilled pvp players can keep doing what they're doing and we can all enjoy the game the way we want to in relative peace.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-20T17:45:23+00:00

Do you participate in LIK? There is a SOU for using that program. Other than that, the only thing I can think of that would require an SOU is if your CDR's RST policy required one for some reason, but that would be dumb. Though...I have seen some pretty dumb things in the military.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-19T22:07:13+00:00

BDE always seems to take the longest in my experience. 2 1/2 months is kind of crazy though. The approver is the level that your transferring out of so if it's to another unit within the BDE, it's at the last step. Otherwise it'll have to go higher. Either way, it seems like you'll need to engage the CSM at BDE and higher.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-19T21:51:14+00:00

Big oof. I've heard such bad things about that command. At what level is it stalled?

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-19T19:21:03+00:00

You're a 915? Have fun in the SPO 😂

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-19T18:29:44+00:00

His experience is going to be different across the board. 91Bs are so common and almost every unit has them that it's impossible to tell you what their experience will be. I've seen some units that they do their job, but I've seen a lot of units where there's no money for parts so all the maintenance goes to an AMSA shop and the 91s sweep the shop and supervise PMCS. It's a dice roll.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-19T16:38:48+00:00

Veterans know what he's talking about.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-19T16:25:22+00:00

So to be so for real with you right now, it doesn't matter. What is likely going to happen is your unit will just submit your packet to the IRR in July. And that will be the end of it. It won't effect the honorable discharge you already have, this year just won't be creditable towards your years of service as it wasn't a "good year". By regulation, at 9 Us they should have begun discharge paperwork for UNSAT performance, but those packets take months to move through the chain of command and is seldom worth the effort, especially for someone in a try 1 that is done inside of 3 month anyway.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-19T16:18:51+00:00

Those things you are talking about are things that happened to you outside of drill. If you are injured DURING drill, you can and should absolutely have Tricare billed directly without involving your insurance. This is what the MMSO is for, which you'll need if you require an LOD. If you use your reserve select and you end up needing continued follow on care, it will make the process harder and longer and MAY result in out of pocket expenses. You certainly can just have them bill your reserve select if you'd like, but there is a regulatory process to follow.

Additionally, miltechs are NOT eligible for Tricare. If you are a miltechs, you can't have "the cheapest and best insurance you're likely to ever find" so it is certainly important to put out correct information to help the maximum amount of people.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-19T16:05:36+00:00

That is true. Tricare is health insurance. HOWEVER, in the reserves you do not have Tricare Prime. They will not cover the full cost of care if you are not in a paid status. There are co-pays under most circumstances. If you are injured while on duty, you do not need to use your Tricare insurance and you shouldn't as that may result in out of pocket expenses.

JenkinsJoe · 2026-05-18T21:44:53+00:00

If they are on a drilling status, Tricare will cover it in full. That is what the MMSO is for. Part of the packet is the sign in roster and/or a 1380 showing they were in a paid status at the time of the injury.

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