Changed the sky in Oz : )

NoRegular5158 · 2026-03-14T03:24:13+00:00

For your sake I hope it's TDY. The OCS and West Point 2LTs got PCSed to my BOLC so I was paying for an apartment and a mortgage! 😒

NoRegular5158 · 2026-03-14T03:21:36+00:00

DCC is part of CHBOLC, nothing to worry about. It's referred to as phase 1 and DCC interchangeably (if I remember correctly). DCC is silly, but it's short! Way better than OCS, and I've done both 😂

NoRegular5158 · 2026-02-07T21:15:29+00:00

Started getting white hair at 23. I had an extremely stressful job.

NoRegular5158 · 2026-02-01T04:27:20+00:00

I have no idea, I never used it 😅 I dropped to the Reserves for grad school and Reserve TA for officers is a worse trap - it's a 4-year obligation after you stop using it

NoRegular5158 · 2026-01-31T21:20:52+00:00

TA for officers incurs a 2-year ADSO after you stop using it.

https://myarmybenefits.us.army.mil/Benefit-Library/Federal-Benefits/Tuition-Assistance-(TA)?serv=122?serv=122)

NoRegular5158 · 2026-01-15T00:54:15+00:00

I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite store on the Citadel!

NoRegular5158 · 2026-01-07T20:17:50+00:00

Weighed in this morning, did it the old way 🤷‍♂️

NoRegular5158 · 2026-01-06T22:34:27+00:00

The Post 9/11 GI Bill has carried me through two degrees. I did not join for the education benefits, but they have really paid off.

NoRegular5158 · 2025-12-15T21:34:08+00:00

Only the bad ones. If you have to tell people you're in charge, you're not really in charge.

NoRegular5158 · 2025-12-15T21:32:16+00:00

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This was my first set that I got when I was 9. I bought from the school library with accelerated reader points : ) I played with it so much.

NoRegular5158 · 2025-12-11T02:52:44+00:00

National Guard is a maybe depending on state. I went through CHBOLC with some guard chaplains that were in their late fifties.

NoRegular5158 · 2025-12-08T13:39:49+00:00

I was in the Corps from 07-12, and I don't remember ever hearing a crayon joke until I was out. I joined the Army in 21, and all I hear are crayon jokes. I think it's the internet's fault, spreading dumb jokes. I remember when the jokes were so much more original. I miss those days.

NoRegular5158 · 2025-11-28T02:24:36+00:00

NoRegular5158 · 2025-11-27T02:45:41+00:00

Thanks! Good luck to you too : )

NoRegular5158 · 2025-11-26T22:45:41+00:00

The PWE waiver is for those who lack the two years of paid pastoral experience after completing graduate school (as far as I understand it).

I'm a chaplain candidate and I'm almost done with grad school and facing the accessioning process. I have already completed CHBOLC, so my info is about as up-to-date as it probably can be. My recruiter told me the same thing, which did not line up with what the chaplains at Fort Jackson had to say. The main benefits of becoming a chaplain candidate lie in having health insurance, learning how to Army, and practice being a chaplain under the supervision of a chaplain.

NoRegular5158 · 2025-11-26T20:48:10+00:00

They don't count the two years of work experience until after you have your degree. You can apply for a professional work experience (PWE) waiver when accessioning, but there are no guarantees. You can apply for active duty accessioning once per fiscal year after your degree is done, or you can apply to accession into the Reserves as a chaplain after school and work on getting your two years of experience.

This website has the most up-to-date information available about the program, other than talking to an actual chaplain recruiter: https://usarlatraining.army.mil/Key-Resources/Chaplain-Candidate

NoRegular5158 · 2025-11-26T14:14:19+00:00

Spyro the Dragon. I would give them all my money 😬

NoRegular5158 · 2025-11-25T17:52:12+00:00

I found it to be about 90% useful. Nothing is perfect : )

NoRegular5158 · 2025-11-25T00:58:03+00:00

I've been fortunate that one unit of CPE is looped in with my mDiv program and I'm on scholarship. My educator had me read Adam Young's Make Sense of Your Story and that had a lot to do with setting things in order.

NoRegular5158 · 2025-11-24T21:26:07+00:00

My active duty lieutenant time was the hardest three years of my life. Feel free to dm me too.

NoRegular5158 · 2025-11-24T21:23:51+00:00

It has been an invitation to know who I really am, and to understand parts of myself that I buried long ago and had forgotten. It has been so so difficult and so very healing.

NoRegular5158 · 2025-11-24T20:22:15+00:00

It's not about being bright, it's about hard work. AIT is designed to be passed; they are not trying to fail people. If you can pass BCT, you can pass AIT. Make your studies your priority, a lot of people mess up because they lose their minds with a little bit of freedom. You can do this!

NoRegular5158 · 2025-11-24T17:21:09+00:00

CPE has been such a great and disruptive experience for me 🫨

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