{"id":649,"date":"2011-09-19T03:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T03:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/09\/ground-control-to-lieutenant-colonel-mom.html"},"modified":"2011-09-19T03:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T03:19:00","slug":"ground-control-to-lieutenant-colonel-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/09\/ground-control-to-lieutenant-colonel-mom.html","title":{"rendered":"Ground Control to Lieutenant Colonel Mom???"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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No, it isn’t working for me either.  I’ll keep the title as is, okay?<\/p>\n

Greetings from Nebraska.  I’ve been on Reserve duty for the past week.  I hadn’t been here since May, so it was nice to see my colleagues and meet several new faces in my office. <\/p>\n

Many of you know this already, but some of you don’t:  I was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel back in August.  I’d kept quiet about it because I wasn’t looking forward to the long…<\/p>\n

….long….<\/p>\n

….long….<\/p>\n

…wait before I’d actually get to wear the rank.  I figured I’d keep mum till I was wearing the rank, I’d take a picture and type “SURPRISE!”.  Just ask my Dear Husband, who was notified of his promotion last August<\/a> and STILL (as of this writing) isn’t wearing the rank.  (He’ll be officially promoted on October 1st, about 400 days after notification).<\/p>\n

As for me, I was excited to receive my promotion news, but was disheartened by the promotion effective date that accompanied the news: 1 September 2012.  I had to put it in my calendar so I wouldn’t forget, ha ha!<\/p>\n

Yes, that’s 2012, that’s 374 days after getting notified of the promotion.  I don’t even feel like explaining why this is.  Your head will explode.<\/p>\n

But there’s a provision with type of Reserve promotion I earned that allows me to wear the rank earlier than 1 September 2012 if I can find a position (called a “billet”) that’s coded for a Lieutenant Colonel.  This is possible with my unit in Nebraska, but not for sure…so there’s a chance I can wear my new rank by the end of the year.  I’ll let you know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, it isn’t working for me either.  I’ll keep the title as is, okay? Greetings from Nebraska.  I’ve been on Reserve duty for the past week.  I hadn’t been here since May, so it was nice to see my colleagues and meet several new faces in my office. 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