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OFFICER BRANCH NEWS


                                                               After you get settled at a new installation, make
                  Branch Chief Notes by:

                    LTC William J. L. Gregory                  sure you go into IPPS-A and update your
                                                               new mailing address. You can do this by typing

                                                               in t  he search bar “Modify a Person”. This

           Finance & Comptroller                               will bring you to your personal page to update

           Leaders, Summer moves are                           cell phone, email addresses, and current
           in full swing, with that comes                      permanent mailing addresses. Updating the
           new opportunities and OERs.                         GAL does not update IPPS-A, so take a couple
           If you have a question about                        of minutes to update your information.
           the wording of an OER or
           what a promotion board may                          If you need anything or have a question, feel
           think about it, reach out to                        free to reach out telephonically or email branch
           MAJ Souza or me.                                    to assist you with answering any of your career

                                               LTC Gregory     questions. If you need a mentor, we are here
          Part of our job here is to read every OER for
                                                                   for you, too. MAJ Souza, SFC Park, and I are
          our populations. We can read the evaluation
                                                               here to help in planning out your career based
          and provide you some feedback before you
                                                                 upon your goals. Your career manager can
          sign the evaluation.                 LTC BROWN       potentially offer you options that you have not
                                                               considered or know about.
          With new jobs, you have a new beginning.
          Make the most of this opportunity and get out          Company Grade Officers Notes by:
          there and meet the senior Finance &                                 MAJ Thomas Souza
          Comptroller Officer on the installation. Make
          an office call with him/her, as well as your         CAREER MANAGER NOTE
          senior rater. Getting input from multiple
          perspectives on a situation can help in              The best career manager in the
          decision making. Additionally, if you are one        Army is YOU. Only you know
          of the senior officers on a post, think about        what is best for you and your
          having an event to welcome the new FC                family, and it is your
          officers. This way the new FC officers can           responsibility to manage your


          learn who else is on the post and develop            career. This means ensuring
          connections. Those connections can lead to           your Year Month Available

          assistance when the new officer encounters           (YMAV) date is correct to

          something they are unfamiliar with where the         support your timeline because        MAJ Souza

          seasoned officer can lend some assistance.           it determines when you move.
                                                               Please continue to reach out early and often, I


          Make sure to go to the FC AIM portal page to         cannot help you if I do not know what you need.

          check out the latest news. As new                    The 26-01 market opens mid-April, if you have

          opportunities or boards come up, we post             not been notified that you are moving in 26-01
          information to the AIM page to reach all FC          and think you should be, please contact me

          officers. Anything from when a promotion             (OCT-MAR YMAVs).
          board will meet, who is eligible to opt-out of a
          board, or who wants a unique opportunity.            One of the biggest takeaways from my travels is

          For officers whose promotion board just              that officers do not know their senior raters'

          happened or is about to happen, results
                                                               priorities. If you have not had an office call with
          normally are published via the HRC website           your senior rater, I recommend getting on their

          approximately 180 days after the board               calendar and asking what their biggest

          closes. So, if your board met in October –           concerns, issues, and improvements are and
          expect April release. Unfortunately, there are       what they want to see from your position. Once

          times when a result is delayed. If there is a        the  y tell you, crush number one, and improve
          delay, we will post that information to the AIM      the organization.
          portal page.
                                                               JUL 26 CCC STUDENTS

                                                               At this time, your orders should be in your
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                                                               hands. If not, you did not complete your
                                                               member elections. If you are going to JUL 2025
                                                               CCC and you do not have orders, complete your
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