by PhaseCheck » Tue Dec 18, 2018 3:09 pm
The difficulty of doing this will depend on whether you're in Phase 1 or 2. If you're in Phase 2, SMART generally doesn't care where you're working so long as you draw a DoD paycheck.
If you're still in Phase 1, this is going to be a lot trickier for you. Most SFs only have so many picks for SMART students, so they're generally pretty reluctant to give them up and SMART is absolutely not going to be on your side when trying to change SFs. Your best bet is to get your new SF to agree to take you on, then get your old SF to agree to release you, then go to SMART and request an SF change. Get all of this in writing, document everything. Do not let your current SF drop you before you have the new SF 100% confirmed or else you will be in default of the SMART program and things will get much worse.
Even if you do everything right, there's still a good chance a souless bean counter somewhere along the chain will deny the SF change, so try to be as humble and polite as possible throughout the undoubtedly stressful process. I can personally confirm that changing SFs during phase 1 is possible (albeit not under the same circumstances as you), but it's a very painful process.
The difficulty of doing this will depend on whether you're in Phase 1 or 2. If you're in Phase 2, SMART generally doesn't care where you're working so long as you draw a DoD paycheck.
If you're still in Phase 1, this is going to be a lot trickier for you. Most SFs only have so many picks for SMART students, so they're generally pretty reluctant to give them up and SMART is absolutely not going to be on your side when trying to change SFs. Your best bet is to get your new SF to agree to take you on, then get your old SF to agree to release you, then go to SMART and request an SF change. Get all of this in writing, document everything. Do not let your current SF drop you before you have the new SF 100% confirmed or else you will be in default of the SMART program and things will get much worse.
Even if you do everything right, there's still a good chance a souless bean counter somewhere along the chain will deny the SF change, so try to be as humble and polite as possible throughout the undoubtedly stressful process. I can personally confirm that changing SFs during phase 1 is possible (albeit not under the same circumstances as you), but it's a very painful process.