Nobody hands you a checklist for getting out. Your TAP class covers the mandatory boxes, and then you sign your DD-214 and the rest is on you. The highest-value moves in the entire transition are the ones with a clock on them, the ones that only work while you are still in uniform, when the resources are free and the timing is still on your side.
The Pre-EAS Playbook is a free guide built around 20 moves across five areas: education and training, money and benefits, records and admin, professional presence, and the daily-life skills that keep money in your pocket after the uniform comes off.
Inside you get:
- Twenty pro tips with worked examples, including SkillBridge, terminal leave math, filing your VA claim early through BDD, burning tuition assistance before it expires, and stacking free certifications while the military pays.
- A fillable clearance tracker you can complete on your phone.
- Two full terminal leave breakdowns using current pay figures, so you can see the real dollar difference before you sell back a single day.
- A one-page Pre-Send Punch List with fillable checkboxes to run before your EAS.
This guide was built by an Iraq War veteran, from real experience, not theory. It is the checklist the briefing never gave you.
Keep building your transition kit:
- The Military Transition Logbook — the free fillable working logbook that runs the whole move, out-processing to first civilian week.
- VA Disability Claim Logbook & C&P Journal System — document symptoms, prep for your C&P exam, and protect your claim.
- The Home Buyer's Field Manual — free, what your realtor won't tell you, built for the VA-loan buyer.
Want the backstory first? Read The 20 Moves Every Service Member Should Make Before EAS on the Alpha Chronicles blog.
Real, not the fluff.
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