This was posted from the famous US Army WTF! Moments Twitter account. Usually that page highlights the crazy decisions and silly situations #soldiers find themselves but in this case, it highlighted a great command leadership and policy memo from COL Ryan T. Kranc. Had to tag you Sir because this is golden. I’ve been fortunate to be in some great units that always gave me time to get the family settled but I know that’s not always the case. The #army has made some great strides recently with changes to paternity leave and other quality of life improvements. With the very bleak outlook on Army recruiting right now, why not make another positive improvement for all Soldiers and get this into the regs. #leadership #recruiting #military #qualityoflife #dod
Is the five days in addition to the 10 days PTDY that Soldiers already get?
Wasn't this what ten days of Permissive TDY were for?
Seriously this is a great policy and I hope others will follow suit. Few things your wife off more than receiving HHG and then leaving her with a bunch of half unpacked stuff to sift through while you say “sorry honey, got to go do Army stuff.”
Having just completed another family PCS, I can truly appreciate this big step. Moving to a new duty station is hard - moving your family is exponentially harder. As a veteran and active duty military spouse, I celebrate normalizing this! Great leadership - I hope others take necessary steps to implement this in their home commands.
A common sense win. Well done 👍💪 These are the little things that impact retention long term.
Joshua Ginn
2y
Permissive TDY no?
Now this is awesome and this policy should be shared at the highest Army leadership levels! People First!
Thank you Kris! This profession requires a routine and regular uprooting of soldiers, their families, and their stuff from one place to another. Different ways to setup utilities, different floor plans, different stresses each time, this assures people, both with families and without, a little extra time to get comfortable and setup so they’re equipped to come to work a bit less concerned about how they’re going to sift through their boxes after a long duty day. I’ll absorb the risk in being one down if it means that person comes back after five days a bit more comfortable and confident they and their families are taken care of. And for single soldiers this gives them some time to do all the things they need to do to put themselves in order.
Sean Gerner
2y
I suppose I think it’s ironic we need a policy; I feel this was something we would have just kinda done at the squad level where we came up; place of duty is to get yourself squared away etc. I guess not so much these days. Good on him for making leaders take care of their folks.
U.S. Army Retired
2yEveryone is praising this command policy, I think it’s disgusting. NCO’s when you lack the forsight to take care of soldiers especially when they relocate to a new duty station, this is what happens. Officers meddle in NCO business and your leadership is dissolved. In this particular unit it’s a full bird, shame on you NCO’s!!!