lynnamir said:
Thank you both. To elaborate, I was wondering if a memo put in for a request to be posted for example can be turned down by your troop WO or OC before it ever gets to the person you are trying to ask. Also is there any time limit on memo's being actioned?
Well - on the bare surface of it, and not knowing (nor desiring to know) the merits/circumstances of your request - yes, your Ch of Comd can stop such a memo. That's part of what the Ch of Comd is FOR - handling things at the lowest possible level. It MAY be that your Tp WO and Tp Comd are aware of circumstances and/or orders that would make such a request null and void in the present circumstances - just speculation on my part.
In the more general sense, administrative requests such as yours appears to be, have no need to actually hit the CO's "In Box". A request such as yours, if not stopped at the Tp Comd level would proceed (probably through the Sqn 2IC, who would indicate the Sqn Comd's opinion of the request) to the Adjt. The Adjt or CC would then, based on already known guidance (could be SOPs, could be SOs, could be past experience with similar situations, could be orders at an OGp) from the CO contact the Career Manager (I used to use email for this purpose), who would come back with whether such a posting is possible, and - listen carefully here - whether you could be REPLACED in a timely manner. It was (in my experience) usually the lack of a timely replacement that tripped these types of requests up.
As far as a time limit for reply - nope - there ain't one.
Having said all of that, and making absolutely NO value judgements vis a vis your request, have you considered QOL and/or Compassionate Posting? Walk softly around these options - they are there for very specific reasons, and are NOT meant to facilitate a move just because you "wanna".
Again, not knowing the details of your circumstances, it is entirely possible that your Career Manager has already announced "no discretionary moves this year" - so your request cannot be filled by the system. It's also possible that your reasons for wanting to move are considered frivolous by your Ch of Comd - I can think of many other reasons for denying such a request, but you get the idea.
I know it is hard to wrap your mind around the logic of such a decision making process when it involves you personally - DON'T give into the temptation to tell your Tp WO that you think it's BULLSHIT - no matter how much satisfaction that might give you for a split second, it WON'T help your situation.
I don't know if that helped or not, but my suggestion is that UNLESS there are SPECIFIC and CONCRETE reasons to request a QOL or Compassionate posting; you've asked the question, got the answer - now get on with your life and career, you'll be a much happier camper for it.
Take care.
