Well it's been a good long while since I wrote that last post and I still haven't gone back to delete it. Naturally it turns out that a good portion of it is wrong because the AF hasn't unmasked advanced degrees, but as my current boss pointed out that doesn't mean my previous boss didn't hold it against me. He also didn't rule out the possibility of him holding it against me so no telling what my recommendation will look like this time around.
Some things I did find out are that my performance reports for the last 5 years--as long as I've been a major--were not very well written and have a fairly strong negative impact on my chances to get promoted. I also have to consider that less than 30 out of 700+ promotees were above-the-zone, meaning that no matter how stellar the record my chances of getting promoted are very slim.
My cynicism only became worse when I saw that my previous boss weakened my OPR and downgraded my medal. It's hard to feel like he wasn't deliberately trying to cause me to fail. Happy news all around, huh?
Of course, good things have happened here, our Outstanding rating in our UCI being chief among them. Also, e and MJ are doing great, and that's what's important to me. They're actually leaving me tomorrow so that e can be at the military hospital in Germany to have the baby, but I'll be seeing them in a few weeks--hopefully before the baby comes.
