Importance of Making Appointments

The puporse of me writing this essay to let my leadership or any soldier in the united states army that reads this know that I do understand the importance of never missing an appointment. This is my second time with this plan of action. This is my second time missing an appointment. This is not a good look for a PFC with a bad repitation already. Missing a scheduled appointment may seem like a little fuck up, but if you think about it and trace it back far enough it has a negative impact on the lives of many people involved. it effects the army as a whole, the government, tax dollars, every American and possible most of the population of the planet even if they don’t know it or feel an impact from it on some level even if insignificant it effects civilization as a whole. Being that the appointment was made by me for June 218, 2013 at 08450 with the nutritionist. If I would have got all off the information such as building and room number and made that appointment I would not be writing a 2500 word essay. Just like my first offense, if I would have just called into the office and reported that I wouldn’t be able to make my appointment at the SSA I wouldn’t have had to write a 500 word essay. The Army allows us to make appointments for whatever we need. Be it for a medical appointment, house goods, CIF, Smoking Sensation or whatever we need, these resources are available to us. Forgetting is the worse of the excuses possibly given, shows the Solider is lacking in his attention to detail, which has been drilled into the mind since Basic Training. We as Soldiers should be accustomed to insane schedules, late nights and are expected to keep a certain pattern while at the same time juggling a family, school, and personal development. The importance of showing up at my appointment is to make sure that I’m ready for any mission of any nature. For example, while on deployment. If a Convoy has a time of