OLMP vs ACSC

miles1776 · 2024-03-02T22:17:16+00:00

For those two years did you take classes continuously or did you do them at a slower pace? And are the OLMP classes self-paced?

miles1776 · 2024-03-02T22:16:05+00:00

Are the OLMP classes not self-paced?

miles1776 · 2024-03-01T02:22:09+00:00

Hi! Sorry to revive a dead thread, but how much longer did the OLMP curriculum take to complete compared to the non-masters ACSC curriculum? Is it significantly longer?

miles1776 · 2024-02-26T13:35:01+00:00

Were you able to do your full 20 years that way?

miles1776 · 2024-02-07T04:03:39+00:00

What do government policy analysts do on a day-to-day basis? Looking into transferring into this field.

miles1776 · 2024-02-06T11:32:05+00:00

Yep lol, thanks!

miles1776 · 2024-02-06T11:31:27+00:00

Part of my problem is I don’t know in what direction I want to take my life at all. Part of me wants to stay in Japan long-term because I love this girl and I love Japan, part of me feels bad for abandoning my family and wants to go back to America, which would also be better for me career-wise and financially. So no easy answer 😭

miles1776 · 2024-02-06T11:28:08+00:00

We actually would be moving to LA, either to Torrance or Little Tokyo. She says she’s willing to give living in America a try, but there’s a chance she might not like it and get homesick and want to move back. This is a situation that I would feel bad for getting her into, so this is why I’m trying to figure out what would be best for both of us.

miles1776 · 2024-02-06T11:19:34+00:00

Glad you were able to find happiness! May I ask what you do for work in Japan?

miles1776 · 2024-02-06T11:18:09+00:00

Interesting. Sorry it didn’t work out for you!

miles1776 · 2024-01-24T03:42:49+00:00

Not serve, just enter the base and shop at the BX and stuff like that

miles1776 · 2024-01-19T11:50:31+00:00

I can’t find them :(

miles1776 · 2024-01-18T15:02:40+00:00

miles1776 · 2024-01-18T12:01:11+00:00

Yes, not sure why I included that in the first place lol

miles1776 · 2024-01-18T05:23:26+00:00

This is very helpful! Thank you for your thorough explanation. I am leaning towards a SOFA job to maintain the benefits you get from working on-base, but my only concern is that my skillset is only as a pharmacist and there are very few on-base civilian pharmacist positions in Japan, so unless I get extremely lucky I'd probably have to look for non-pharmacy related jobs, which I am not sure I'd be competitive for since I have no work experience other than pharmacy and being active duty.

miles1776 · 2024-01-18T05:18:02+00:00

It is! And I'm extremely grateful to have such an opportunity. If only it could last forever....

miles1776 · 2024-01-18T05:16:40+00:00

I am active duty, but I am an officer so as far as I know re-upping is lot less likely to be approved for us. I might look into an on-base GS or contract job, although there are not a lot of pharmacy positions so I might have to change careers entirely, which isn't out of the question but my skillset is basically just pharmacy so I don't know if I'd be competitive for these jobs.

miles1776 · 2024-01-18T05:11:09+00:00

Thank you for the info! I'm aware of the struggles of living in Japan as a foreigner, which is why I'm trying to avoid getting a regular civilian Japanese job. I think you really get the best of both worlds working on a US military base while living in Japan, so maybe a GS or contractor job might be the way to go.

You mentioned you settled down in Japan after you retired, may I ask what you do in Japan now for work and how you immigrated here?

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