So, I'm on my second
week in the wonderful world of civilian employ and truly, I think it's
everything I’ve ever dreamed about!
I love my work, graphic
design and visual information have always been a passion of mine, but I never
got to concentrate on it to this degree; there were always military
distractions crowding it out. On top of that, my benefactors are genuinely
happy for me to be here!
As an "Artsy
Guy" in the Navy, I was at best tolerated, at worst, informed that there
wasn't time for art or that my services as such were unnecessary.
How wonderful to be
wanted, anticipated and appreciated. In all reality, at the risk of sounding
cynical, I'm sure the charm will wear off eventually, but I'm just deep-deep
down in my bones GRATEFUL to God for the smooth transition out of the military
and into the next phase of our life.
Oh, by the way, for our non-military readers, when you actually retire, you're issued a blue retiree's ID card, hence the post title : )
Just what am I doing you
may ask? The answer is simple and complicated all at once:
I am a Multimedia
Specialist for Jacobs Technology, providing graphic support services to the
Army Contracting Command's command element (CE). This includes a Major General,
her civilian Deputy, their Chief-of-Staff (a Colonel), and the Command Sergeant
Major.
As an example of the
work involved I have spent the last two days creating four Power-Point slides
in an attempt to convey the Contracting Lifecycle. The content is information
dense, and in essence I’m condensing about five slides into one infographic on
one slide, but I want to give the General several ideas to choose from each
based on comments she mention to her staff.
It may sound boring, but
I'm in heaven...
It’s not about the power
point, which there will be plenty of, it’s about the process of improving the
graphics, figuring out the best way to display the information and getting it
to make sense. They tell me that once the backlog of CE work become more steady
and predictable that I will be able to pursue other artistic avenue’s, but for
now I’m content ^_^
Here’s a link to the
Army Contracting Command’s website:
And here’s one for
Jacobs Technology:
Lastly: here’s what I
have been working on this week:
