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Yes , my name is Randy Artist . I'm a

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transition counsels here at the tap

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office . In kind . The tap program is

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basically mandated program that is

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offered to all service members serving ,

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who's about the ETS or retire , you

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know , 18 months , you can start the

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tap program if you're et sing in 24

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months . If from retiring , set up for

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success as possible . Actually listen

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and do the uh the homework assignments

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that we deliver to you um as a

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transition counselor throughout the

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classes from your individual transition

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plan , you know , we give you a lot of

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tools and resources to go out and to

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look at information on the web , you

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know , um there's no reason why that a

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service member should be confused when

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leaving the tap program . On . What's

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the next step to do steps of the tap

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program ? First , you do registration

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for the tap program . Once you register

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and do the initial assessment , we will

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schedule for your uh initial counseling .

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You meet with a transition counselor .

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We go over your uh tiers . There's

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three tiers in tap , tier 12 and three .

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And then we go in after your counseling ,

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we will go ahead and schedule you for

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your classes for the tap program and

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points , uh completion of the tap

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program . We have a Capstone , make

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sure you don't need additional

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resources uh out there for the service ,

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uh transitioning out of the military by

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doing that um success outside of the

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military . We asked the service member ,

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you know , what would you like to do ?

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Then we're trying to figure out their

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hobbies and their main goal um as in uh

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they like working with their hands . We

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give them the tools and resources as a

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interest profiler or male gears and the

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um and they will be able to find out

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what they like to do . And then we go

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off of that basis of the , the

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assessment that they've taken to do .

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So you won't be crowded with the

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information . Uh uh We asked you to

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come early so that you won't be crowded

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with all the information that we gave .

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You've been ba ba ba ba bombarded , you

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know , as a service member , we give

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you a lot of information and you go out

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a lot to have time to research your

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information and then go through what

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you like to do , prepare for on the

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outside . So the best part of the

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program is , I believe all our

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workshops . I mean , there's not one

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better than the other one . It depends

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on the service member . If they're

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going to , you know , if I'm going to

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go back to school . We have the

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education track or if I wanna do trades

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credentialing , we have a vocational

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track . So as for and also the va

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benefits is one of the major pro uh

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programs we ask that service members

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takes more than one time , you know ,

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to make sure to get the greatest in the

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best update , most updated information

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uh before getting out . Well , doing

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this for uh working hand in hand with

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other department agencies . Uh with the

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tap program , we allow the service

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members to , you know , we can the

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service members over to that office and

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make sure that they have the uh the

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correct resources for them with the va

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you know , that we're not just leaving

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the soldier out there . Well , we have

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to complete your individual training uh

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transition plan , which is depending on

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your tier . Um There's sections in that

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kind that you must complete . You know ,

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we ask that the service member to go

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into detail of that plan , you know ,

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so they have a um a foundation to go

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off of it , the plan that we both go

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through with the sole service member

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and that's one of them . And of course ,

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you know , once you ET SS , you gotta

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turn in your ID card , so you no longer

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have access on the cap and they will um

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basis . So we actually use your user

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name and password . So that's one of

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the service uh members of the DS log on

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or login.gov for va go early , go off .

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And that means that start early at the

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18 month mark after you're retiring 24

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months mark and you get to come back

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and revisit our classes as much as

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possible before the time of you uh

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getting out of the military . So that's

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why it's a very good thing because , uh

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you know , there was no time classes

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changes and a lot of details change .

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So we'll make sure you got the most

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updated resources before getting out ,

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correct . Uh There's a lot of things

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that have changed uh when I came in as

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a service member because I came

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straight out of high school and did 21

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years in there . So I didn't know about

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the employment process . You know , I

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never had to interview for a job . So

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with the employment workshops and our

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uh employment navigator positions here

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in the tap office , we all go through

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interviewing techniques with you and

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how to write a resume . The one thing

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we ask that service members do is

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actually put in a good plan , you know ,

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don't just sugar coat your idea because

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we're here to assist you and help you

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out as much as prob uh as much as we

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can get the resources .