>Note that some of that was as a Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt doing Enterprise projects
>(I hate every single bit of terminology in that entire godforsaken sentence.
Checks out. :).
A super convenient way to do cool stuff like that in the DoD is to do it for the most senior Flag you can get interested in it directly. Projects at SECDEF or SECNAV offices work...differently than outside, as there isn't really an 'up' left for most of the folks involved (in my experience - most are extremely focused on getting the job done and/or the geo-strategic problems).
During the time I worked in that position I was one office removed from COMFRC, which was the Flag I generally reported to via my CO (who was the one who put me in that position and was highly supportive, and who ended up as COMFRC in later years).
Anything that was directly interfacing with that office was great; as soon as I was detailed to do something downline from that office it got painful despite reporting to that Flag.
I wasn't in a position to go higher without spending more time in the service, and that was a non-starter for me.
>(I hate every single bit of terminology in that entire godforsaken sentence.
Checks out. :).
A super convenient way to do cool stuff like that in the DoD is to do it for the most senior Flag you can get interested in it directly. Projects at SECDEF or SECNAV offices work...differently than outside, as there isn't really an 'up' left for most of the folks involved (in my experience - most are extremely focused on getting the job done and/or the geo-strategic problems).