Information is readily available at local units, installations and most easily on the worldwide web to assist officers with assignment and professional-development decisions. However, senior leaders coaching, mentoring and counseling are the most effective tools in training and educating our officers. This article s purpose is to educate the field on how the officer-assignment process works and to delineate fact from fiction. My preference sheet just doesn t matter, so I m not going to submit one. I have to serve an assignment in my functional area.
Branch just puts officers where there s a requirement without considering professional development.
I only need to update my file right before a board. This is absolutely untrue. Your file represents you throughout your entire career. Branch often screens your files for special assignments. For example, we recently had one of our majors interview for aide to a high-level position.