Step 2: Review the Preseparation Counseling Checklist

Your Transition Counselor or Command Career Counselor will walk you through DD Form 2648, "Preseparation Counseling Checklist," which helps ensure that you will receive the necessary assistance and advice to benefit fully from the wide range of services and entitlements available to you. The checklist is required by law to be filed in your personnel record. 
At this meeting, the Transition Assistance Office or Command Career Counselor will:
  • Assist you in developing an individual needs assessment.
  • Identify helpful relocation resources.
  • Offer immediate and long-range career guidance. 
  • Provide benefits counseling.
  • Refer you to other service providers for any additional assistance you may require.

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