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SFL-TAP transitions veteran to Marne team later service

Amanda Hook

Fort Stewart SFL-TAP

The Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance Programme offers several means to assist servicemembers as they consider the next step in their lives; whether continuing their military career, pursuing college education, starting their own business organization or seeking employment.

Corbin Dantes-Perry recently transitioned out of the Regular army and chose to remain a part of the Marne Customs as a federal employee. Afterwards graduating from DePaul University with a caste in information systems on an Ground forces ROTC scholarship in 2011, he commissioned every bit a military intelligence cfficer. His Army career brought him to the Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course, Ranger School, Airborne School, Jumpmaster School and the MI Captains Career Course. He was stationed at numerous duty stations including Fort Benning, Fort Bragg and Fort Huachuca. He deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. His civilian transition goal was to continue federal service as he completed his master of public administration degree at Georgia Southern Academy.

Dantes-Perry'due south father, a senior executive service role for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp in Washington, D.C., always promoted a federal civilian career. Dantes-Perry agreed.

"I wanted the stability and benefits that the Army provided without the constant moving," Dantes-Perry said.

He started applying to federal positions in the coastal Georgia expanse i twelvemonth prior to his expiration of term of service equally he understood that the procedure can have time.

"I would rather take to tell an agency that I tin can't start working considering of my active-duty commitment over waiting terminal minute to utilise," he said.

A back-upwardly plan was to apply to private sector positions if he did not take a federal offer one month out from the start of his concluding leave.

Inside the year, he applied to more than 30 positions through the job site USAJobs.gov. Past casting a broad cyberspace and applying to diverse federal agencies, grades and position types, he was able to increase his opportunities to attain his goal. With the assistance from his male parent and the SFL-TAP Federal Resume Writing Workshop, he afterward received four referrals, was selected for ane interview and was ultimately hired into a Department of the Ground forces civilian position as a GS-9 at Fort Stewart.

Dantes-Perry started his new career equally a range operations technician one week after signing out on final leave. "My timing was perfect for this transition. The position relates closely to my experience in the Regular army with the operations and leadership. "

The Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security and Range Command has a lot of up mobility and I programme on climbing as high equally I tin over the adjacent 25 years at Fort Stewart," Dantes-Perry said. "I truly love this new career, supporting Soldiers' training, and working with veterans every day. Federal employment benefits are similar if not meliorate than agile duty, which is what I needed for my children," he said.

When asked for advice for other servicemembers going through SFL-TAP, he brash them to apply early and often.

"I e'er had at least 10 applications running at any given time," he said. "Every resume was tailored to each job proclamation. Don't be picky. I was applying to GS-5 positions just to arrive to the arrangement. Submit a statement of service signed by your Commander in place of the DD214 while in the application procedure in order to apply to positions that are merely available to Veterans. Don't requite upward. I was non referred or selected for 90% of the positions that I applied for and that was difficult for me to deal with at showtime. I know that I am competitive only also knew that that I was competing against other veterans, military spouses, current federal employees and people from all around the country."

The SFL-TAP team congratulates Corbin Dantes-Perry on his successful transition into federal employment.

For information on SFL-TAP form data, career grooming, internships and job training, visit their website at https://home.army.mil/stewart, search Soldier for Life. Those interested can also visit SFL-TAP at buildings 621 and 526 on Fort Stewart or 1289 on Hunter Army Airfield or telephone call 767-2234 or 767-0052.