Generate a chronological list of all jobs/ positions you’ve held in the past.  Start with your current position and work backwards.  List dates as ‘From –To’ month and year held, job titles and a one line description of duties.  If you held more than one job within the same command, break them out individually.  Go all the way back to boot camp!

A good place to find most of this information is on your security clearance questionnaire, application for Officer Candidate School, past Fitness Reports/ Evaluations, etc.  Also list the type of equipment you worked on and the Command or Unit assigned to. Keep this list in a simple one or two line format.  Don’t try to describe everything you did during each tour.  You should have copies of fitness reports for that.

This list will become useful for a number of things; writing your resumes, your biography for a retirement ceremony program, a Command letter outlining your tours for an End of Career award, etc.  You never know who will ask for this information, so it’s a good idea to have it already done in an easy to read format!

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