P-385-63 US Army Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Guide Download
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DA PAM 600–25 • 11 December 2018 21 Figure 3–1. Eight life cycle functions 3–5. Army transition Soldier life cycle a. The initial concept for the military life cycle transition model centers on paralleling career readiness with career progression. Soldiers must be engaged throughout their military careers in mapping and refining their IDP to achieve their military goals and their post-military goals for employment, education, career technical training, entrepreneurship. The Army experience is a repetitive process of deciding particular paths to pursue personally and professionally. Through the use of the military life cycle model, Soldiers will be made aware of the career readiness standards they must meet long before their separation. Development programs—with timetables in ACT framework and the tools needed to develop per- sonal goals, and reach milestones throughout their careers—will be formally instituted as soon as a Soldier enters the military, to ensure that in addition to being “military ready,” they are “career ready.”