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Mil-to-Fed Success Story | DoD #SkillBridge Champion | Military Transition Wizard 🧙| #Veteratirockstar | #VFEC Facilitator | Let's Get #OneMoreVeteranHired & #OneMoreVacancyFilled

Active Duty Service Members, YES, you can start a career with the federal government while on terminal leave. The official answer from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is "Yes. A service-member who is on terminal leave pending separation from active duty under honorable conditions may accept a civilian position in the Federal government." But how can you apply if you haven't received your DD-214 yet? Simple, you can use a "certification of service," or a written document that certifies the you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed. This is what you'll need as supporting documentation for your Veterans preference and any Veteran special hiring authorities you want to use while applying to federal jobs. Check out the example below. It is one I have seen used and recommend. If you have questions or need some help with your federal resume, we (the #SFFEB) record and post our federal resume development webinars on the San Francisco Federal Executive Board's YouTube channel at https://lnkd.in/e3A6VSug #vfec #OneMoreVeteranHired #VETwork #OneMoreVacancyFilled #OneMoreMilSpouseHired #stillservingveterans #vetshelpingvets #mentor #veterati

Brock Young

Mil-to-Fed Success Story | DoD #SkillBridge Champion | Military Transition Wizard 🧙| #Veteratirockstar | #VFEC Facilitator | Let's Get #OneMoreVeteranHired & #OneMoreVacancyFilled

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UPDATE: For those who don't have a commander, or the individual is impossible to reach, a statement of service can be signed by "the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters."

Tim Carrender, PMP®️

Skillbridge Eligible Nov 2025 | Adjunct Instructor (UofL)

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So are the rumors true that jobs posted on USA jobs take 9 to 12 months pending the position? This is from start to finish. Source: reddit 😁

Daniel Hagy

Senior Electromagnetic Spectrum Engineer ◆ Manager ◆ U.S. Army Veteran ◆ Active TS/SCI Security Clearance

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Question - some postings I have seen said this statement of service can only be signed and date within 120 days of your separation. Is that true across the board or a preference based off the job?

Joshua Orimoto, M.S.

USAF Cyber Officer | TS | CEH | CHFI | Sec + | M.S. Cybersecurity | B.S. Criminal Justice

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Brock Young Thanks for the info! To clarify, I would not be allowed to accept a civ fed job over 120 days before my date of seperstion?

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Will Jumper

Metaphysician | Polymath | Retired Military | Operations Research Analytics | Education, Instruction, and Curriculum Design | Author

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Brock Young, This is an AWESOME post. This topic typically comes up for those of us who work within the Military TAP Program. Thank you for posting the template. I know it will be VERY helpful for Transitioning Military personnel who are looking to apply early (before their ETS/EOS) for federal work.

Jozue Chaires PMP®, SPOC®, LSSBB®

Program Manager @ Vets2PM Helping 16K+ Veterans Prepare for Meaningful, Lucrative Post-Service Careers

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Thanks for sharing. Alot of people don't know about this and are confused with the 6 month DID wait time frame that does not apply to all other agencies in the federal government

Dr. Kyle Boyles

Cisco CyberOps Professional, C|CISO, CISSP-ISSAP, SSCP, CCSP, CISM, CISA, CDPSE, CGEIT, E|CIH, CEH, PMP, CASP+, CySA +, Security+, AWS CCP, Splunk Power User, Network+, Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect: Expert, Azure AI

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Michael Drey

Program Analyst @ Millennium Corporation | MyNavyHR PMW-240

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Thank you so much for this! It helps tremendously! I think I’ll give the fed side a go as I’ve been looking on the civ side for almost 12 months with very little positive response. I’m not understanding why but figure I’ll try something new.

Amador Salinas

Military Space Professional

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Statement of Service can also be autogenerated in vMPF for USAF/USSF.

Ricardo Larrotta Prieto

Chief Information Security Officer Indra Latam SOC | IT /OT | Red Team |Treat Hunting | Incident Handler| Pentesting | Forensics |CEH Master |

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Miembros del servicio activo, SÍ, pueden comenzar una carrera con el gobierno federal mientras están de licencia terminal. La respuesta oficial del U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) es "Sí. 

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