Frustration

Adam does not tolerate incompetence and inefficiency, so you can imagine his frustration at not obtaining his bonus for extending his contract. His contract with the Guard was supposed to end in September, but he re-signed in March, so he was supposed to get a decent-size bonus when the extension started. Instead, he began receiving stop-loss pay, which is extra money but incomparable to his bonus.

Part of the frustration comes from the fact that he signed his extension papers twice. The first set was "lost." How something that important gets misplaced, I do not understand. But the Army said it could not be found, so Adam signed another set. And yet he is getting stop-loss pay instead of his bonus.

He is not the only soldier experiencing this, so he plans to speak to a retention officer about it. But he is extremely frustrated. It isn't only about the money. Such issues contribute to unnecessary frustration, anger and resentment, in addition to difficulty retaining soldiers.

Other issues are frustrating him as well, on which I am unclear. They relate to missions and leadership and how things are being done. Obviously, he cannot get into detail about any of this.