I guess it’s official: I am now the Deputy Director of Human Resources Management, Eighth United States Army.

So, that means I get to drop the (A) for acting after my title.

What do I get for the “promotion”? A little more money (6%) and a lot more hassle. Although I’ve been putting up with the hassle anyway for the past several months.

It’s a little disconcerting that my predecessor died without relinquishing his job. I have no intention of following in those footsteps, but you never know.

On the plus side, I have a great boss and I probably won’t be bored anytime soon.

Also, the CG finally approved our filling four key vacancies. Not his fault for the delay. Despite repeated promises to the contrary, our “friends” in G3 failed to get him the approval package until yesterday. And he signed off immediately. So, I lost almost 8 weeks before even starting an obscenely long hiring process.

So, I have my NSPS/Transformation Chief coming on board 20 January. An Action Officer supposedly coming on board around the same time (although I ain’t heard from him in awhile). I’m going to make another Action Officer job offer tomorrow. And our admin support position should be occupied come Monday. That leaves the Staffing Chief, one more Action Officer and hopefully an IT type to get on board.

So, things could be (and have been) worse.

Fu*kin’ A. (Heh, did anybody else use to say that? All the cool kids did back in the ’70s)