Reintegration, block leave, initial reset.
A huge source of reintegration frustration comes from transitioning from an environment where leaders at every echelon have more autonomy and control over their formations than they do back at home. What you actually have to do on a day-to-day basis seems to be more tightly controlled at home station than it was forward deployed.
The quicker a leader makes that realization, the quicker he or she can stop raging against the machine and get on board for the big win.
At the platoon level, you go from being able to see the platoon – actually, physically see them – on a daily basis, to losing them to a never-ending stream of details, appointments, and mysteries.
It’s not necessarily a bad thing, though.
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