DOD SkillBridge Program

[Brady R]

Might be a long shot but has anyone on here utilized the DOD SkillBridge Program during their last 6 months in the military before EASing?

 

[Touchdown88]

I have a few friends that used it before retiring. Seems like a good program that allows for a soft landing when leaving the military.

 

[topsey]

It's actually a good program to run and I'll always recommend that

 

[JMasson]

I absolutely recommend that all my subordinates utilize the CSP (that’s what we call it in the Army), prior to ETS. My MOS doesn’t offer a lot of transferable skills, unless you’re a senior NCO with a lot of leadership time and schools to pad your resume. I’ve been on the fence whether I will use it or not before I retire.

 

[Tahoe1305]

Agree it’s a good program and I have approved a handful of packages for it in previous positions.

That said it is unfortunately frequently abused by members (and industry).

I retire in a few months and don’t plan to use it. But only because it wouldn’t add any value to my planned career field post retirement and frankly I had some superiors use it just to avoid work and it pissed me off….

Luckily most get good use of it and pick up some new skills or get to preview a career field to aid in making post separation/retirement decisions.