Spiritual Minded Military Connecticut Army National Guard: How to Balance Drill, Work, and Family Without Burning Out — The Three-Front Protocol
You are serving in three units. The National Guard. Your civilian job. Your family.
They all require your time. Both require your efforts. All of them require your attendance. Both believe that it's your priority.
Come to the Guard's Drill Weekend. You head to work on Monday, and your boss is waiting for you. Your wife or husband wants you at home on Tuesday night. You're being asked to attend your child's game on Saturday. Your unit wants you to attend a training in the field.
You are in a three-front war. The enemy well knows this. He strikes the seam where the fronts are joined.
You've been going that far to balance. The model is wrongly balanced. Balance is passive. You cannot. It's not always the Guard that wins. There are some days the work prevails. Sometimes family triumphs. The enemy attacks on days of losses on one front.
Now the Three-Front Protocol has nothing to do with balance. The Three-Front Protocol is a protocol of transition. Moving from one front to the next without leaving your soul behind.
"Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. If either falls down, one can help the other up." — Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
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THE CONNECTICUT COMMUTE
Connecticut is a small state, and there's a long drive to it. It's located in Hartford, CT. You are working a civilian position in Stamford. You live in New Haven with your family. You reside on I-95, the Merritt Parkway, I-84, and the train to Grand Central.
The enemy makes the road to work his highway. Empty time spent behind the wheel. The noise of vehicles that do not stop. The quiet that magnifies all fears.
Burning out isn't due to weakness. You're burning out because there's no transition system between your three fronts.
You depart from drill weekend. You drive home. You enter through the door. Your partner asks you what you have for supper. You snap. It wasn't the snapper's intention to take the shot. The enemy ambushed the transition.
You leave work. You drive to drill. You have come exhausted. You are in formation and giving all you have. The enemy hit the transfer.
The Three-Front Protocol provides a ritual for each seam for transition.
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THE THREE-FRONT PROTOCOL
1. The Transition from Drill to Home
You end the weekend after they drill. The formation ends. Your battle comrades drive off. The mission has ended. The silence begins.
The transition ritual: Sitting for 3 minutes before starting the car. Drink Cellular Hydrate. One scoop. Sixteen ounces of water. Say to yourself, "I'm not leaving the mission; I'm bringing the mission home." The mission is over.
You're not the drill version of your family, and your family doesn't need you. Your household requires YOU at home. The two are divided by the transition ritual.
2. The Transition from Work to Drill
There is stress in your civilian job. Its own demands. Its own battles. One can't just come into drill weekend with it all walking with them.
The transition ritual: Go to the quiet corner before entering the armory. Five minutes. Spiritual-Minded Mushroom Coffee Blend. One cup. Breathe. Say to yourself, "I'm leaving at the gate; I'm picking up my mission at the gate." "I can be both, but not at the same time, one at a time.
3. The Transition from Work to Home
The hardest transition. The one that occurs daily. The one who tears apart families, one snappy comment at a time.
Transition ritual: Stop before you enter your front door. Touch the doorframe. Breathe in and out three times deeply. Verbalize: "I am home. The workday is over. The enemy does not get my family. I am here.
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THE HARTFORD ARMORY ASSIGNMENT
The CT National Guard's headquarters is located at the Hartford Armory. You've stood in formation there. You have already drilled in there. It's been on I-84 100 times.
It isn't a Hartford issue. The issue is from Hartford to your driveway.
The Three-Front Protocol is not a protocol of the armory. The Three-Front Protocol is a protocol for what you do NOT do between the armory and your life.
Don't serve your family in the same posture that you served your unit. Your family is NOT a mission. Your family is like a house. In the transition ritual, you change your posture.
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THE BURNOUT WARNING SIGNS
The enemy doesn't kill you in one go. He will kill you slowly. A missed transition at a time.
If you're burning out, you:
- You snap at your family and you don't know why
- During drill weekend you don't want to have it as another item on your list.
- You hate Monday morning, since you are already tired.
- You can't recall when you were there and full in every place
- The bottle has become your transition ritual
- The Three-Front Protocol is not a luxury. The Three-Front Protocol is maintenance. You hold your weapon. You keep your weapon. You take care of your car. You take care of your body. Maintain your transitions.
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." — Matthew 11:28-30
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THE NEW HAVEN FAMILY
New Haven has armed men. New Haven has soldiers in its ranks. New Haven has kids. Burnt-out Guardsmen in New Haven believe they could have gone it alone on all three fronts.
You can't defend on three fronts. No one can. The Three-Front Protocol isn't a strength-building exercise. The Three Front Protocol is simply about saying you need a system.
Your spouse is not your enemy. Your boss is not your enemy. Your unit is not your enemy. The enemy is the gap between them. The transition rituals close the gap.
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THE THREE-FRONT SUPPLY LINE
There are three types of supplies needed for your three-front war.
- Physical Supply: Cellular Hydrate – Electrolyte Formula for hydration. Energy Coffee – Spiritually Minded Mushroom Coffee Blend. You can't fight on three fronts without fuel!
- Emotional Supply: Transition rituals are not negotiable. They are your emotional lifeline. Ignore them, and you will be running on low fuel.
- Spiritual Supply: Your Spiritual Minded Military shirt is NOT a t-shirt! It's your spiritual uniform. Wear it as you travel to work. Do not wear it for transitions. Let it remind you that you serve a Commander that does not burn out.
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." — Galatians 6:9
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Conclusion
Connecticut Army National Guard, how do you keep your family, work, and drill in balance without burning out?
Balance is NOT the solution. So the answer is transition.
The Three-Front Protocol is not a protocol of equalizing times of all three fronts. The Three Front Protocol is the idea of taking one step at a time and not leaving your soul behind.
Change in school to home. Work to Drill. Change from work to home. Three rituals. Three minutes each. The choice between going to a flameout and sticking it out.
Simply can't serve your family in the same way you went to drill. Your work posture will not do at the unit. You must transition. How is the protocol?
The Remnant does not transition. The Remnant re-enlists.
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