When is an Army IG or Congressional Complaint appropriate?
I am kinda frustrated, I am a 27D paralegal Specialist in the United States Army and have been in the Army for almost four years, I have been a Specialist for almost two years. I get volunteered for every crappy duty and detail even more then the PFC (Female) that works in our office. I get all my instructions at the last minute and I every time I try to call most of my NCO’s 3 out of 5 of them they don’t pick up the phone but god for bide if I am asleep and don’t hear the phone. Every time I get award or do something good or find any way to get recognized they decided they must give the PFC an award that is better then mine for doing less. All my stuff always seems like i can do it if they have all there stuff finished i always comes second like seeing if can switch duty assignments because I PCS soon and I want to find out if I can swap for another deploying unit to be close to home so my wife (who is not from the USA) can have my family to help support her while i am gone and so I don’t have to worry while I am deployed (all I want is a yes or no answer so i can buy plane ticket for her for when we leave in may). I am in the primary zone for the SGT E-5 promotion and our points are at 385 this month and are always around mid 400′s to high 300′s. I have military ed and civilian ed maxed, at 220 pt score and shoot a 27 and have an AAM and a ARGCM. I have no negative counseling statements, no UCMJ action never been late or in the wrong uniform and whenever told to execute I do so no whining complaints. I also have been to 5 solider of the month boards and won 1 of them.The only time I ever complain is when i am venting to my Friends The only thing that i am missing is a board recommendation On my counseling statements it just give me some lame excuse like you need to be more responsible something generic just as a way to put me off but never anything specific like be on time more, or do extra pt , nothing concrete I just got flagged for being over Weight last month I dropped the Weight so I should be unflagged on tuesday when I get tapped Again. My point is this it sucks doing all this stuff but it is bearable when you know at least you will get promoted when the time come but when that hope isn’t there it sucks 10 times worse. is there anything about this that I can file an IG complaint on or Congersional? Also any motivational or advice/ Inspiration would help alot to keep my spirts up.
first I am going to get unflagged as soon as i get wieghted and tapped agian. I found out that it was my nutrition I need to keep closer count of my calories. I did that and I think I got it now to where I can keep my wieght steady. Second I am just saying I am trying get awards cause I don’t have that catagory maxed yet. Third I am just a little lost as to what exactly theese complaints (IG and Congressional) are for. I am thinking that he wants me to be a carbon copy of him and no one is a carbon copy, everyone has there own style and will find what works for them. I also forgot to mention that he is PCSing 3 months after me to my new base, so I am like WTF if he goes there I am screwed agian unless I get promoted before he gets there. Also i was hoping for some kind of motivational advice or tips because it is really hard to stay motivated when you feel you have no promotion coming and no reall advancement future.
