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Hey guys, I could really use your help. I know what an amazing resource this is. I know I will get some great responces, so thank you in advance!
I'm in the reserves, and have been since my highschool graduation in 2003, thus i am on my fifth year with the reserves, and am slowly learning how bad the bureaucracy can treat you if you do not know your rights. I feel lied to by my unit, as if they are witholding information from me. What i need to know is what are my rights, and what aggressive action can i take if members higher up the chain are not effectively preforming their duties?
Recently I have caught a lot of bad apples ( I'm attempting to use mild language despite my frustration ), where it feels as though Ops and Trg, and my immediate higher in my chain of command are not working with me to find work this summer. I understand that this may not be their fault, and that there may be a breakdown higher up within the chain. The situation: A position opened up while i was in my Ops and Trg talking to the Ops and Trg staff, the email was sent to their address only an hour or so before i requested to fill it - As an aside, do all reserve units have a "request to volunteer for tasking form? Or is just another thing which my unit has made up? - So i submitted the necessary paperwork. Soon after, while i was on an extended ex, i received word that this position had been filled by someone else. I asked why this was so, i found it hard to believe that someone got their name in before me - maybe someone was more qualified? In any case, later they tell me that the tasking which i applied for was actually only a staff check, and that i 'may' have to resubmit another volunteer form, from this point i have heard nothing else at all about this tasking, and i believe that they are witholding information with regards to this tasking from me, either because they do not want me to get it, or because they may have screwed up in some manner.
Thoughts?
Another very recent situation occurred when there was a request from another unit for an individual to replace their current staff. My chain forwarded me this message, however they did not give me any information that i need to fill out the 'required' volunteer for tasking form. There has to be this information available if it is necessary information to actually get the tasking. I am curious if my highers are withholding this info from me.
Because I have drive and determination to succeed in the face of adversity, i called the Ops and Trg office with which this tasking pertained to. Now i did not know this, but i certainly do now, I can not call other Ops and Trg offices to look for work, even if there is a breakdown within the chain. I have been told this is a very big deal and have been repremanded for it. It is however 'kind of' (says my next higher up) okay to contact my own Ops and Trg.
I do not know what to do, I feel stalemated. In the case i find out that my individuals from my unit are not passing down necessary information that their job description requires them to do, so that i may do my own job, what measures can i take? I'm looking for any QR&O, or any doctrine that will let me know exactly what my rights are with regard to seeking out information through the chain of command and outside the chain, and administrative action i can take against members who are acting adversely.
I'm looking for any advice, because it seems to me that I am being hindered from achieving what my unit is supposed to be helping me achieve! Any info or advice and i will be subservient to you for almost eternity!!!
Thanks Guys!!! I REALLY appreciate it.
I'm in the reserves, and have been since my highschool graduation in 2003, thus i am on my fifth year with the reserves, and am slowly learning how bad the bureaucracy can treat you if you do not know your rights. I feel lied to by my unit, as if they are witholding information from me. What i need to know is what are my rights, and what aggressive action can i take if members higher up the chain are not effectively preforming their duties?
Recently I have caught a lot of bad apples ( I'm attempting to use mild language despite my frustration ), where it feels as though Ops and Trg, and my immediate higher in my chain of command are not working with me to find work this summer. I understand that this may not be their fault, and that there may be a breakdown higher up within the chain. The situation: A position opened up while i was in my Ops and Trg talking to the Ops and Trg staff, the email was sent to their address only an hour or so before i requested to fill it - As an aside, do all reserve units have a "request to volunteer for tasking form? Or is just another thing which my unit has made up? - So i submitted the necessary paperwork. Soon after, while i was on an extended ex, i received word that this position had been filled by someone else. I asked why this was so, i found it hard to believe that someone got their name in before me - maybe someone was more qualified? In any case, later they tell me that the tasking which i applied for was actually only a staff check, and that i 'may' have to resubmit another volunteer form, from this point i have heard nothing else at all about this tasking, and i believe that they are witholding information with regards to this tasking from me, either because they do not want me to get it, or because they may have screwed up in some manner.
Thoughts?
Another very recent situation occurred when there was a request from another unit for an individual to replace their current staff. My chain forwarded me this message, however they did not give me any information that i need to fill out the 'required' volunteer for tasking form. There has to be this information available if it is necessary information to actually get the tasking. I am curious if my highers are withholding this info from me.
Because I have drive and determination to succeed in the face of adversity, i called the Ops and Trg office with which this tasking pertained to. Now i did not know this, but i certainly do now, I can not call other Ops and Trg offices to look for work, even if there is a breakdown within the chain. I have been told this is a very big deal and have been repremanded for it. It is however 'kind of' (says my next higher up) okay to contact my own Ops and Trg.
I do not know what to do, I feel stalemated. In the case i find out that my individuals from my unit are not passing down necessary information that their job description requires them to do, so that i may do my own job, what measures can i take? I'm looking for any QR&O, or any doctrine that will let me know exactly what my rights are with regard to seeking out information through the chain of command and outside the chain, and administrative action i can take against members who are acting adversely.
I'm looking for any advice, because it seems to me that I am being hindered from achieving what my unit is supposed to be helping me achieve! Any info or advice and i will be subservient to you for almost eternity!!!
Thanks Guys!!! I REALLY appreciate it.