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Jocko Podcast · 2026-01-19 · 7 min · 1,287 words

Jocko Underground: Would You Take a Loss of Rank For More Convenience?

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This is the Jocko Underground podcast number 197. Sitting here with Echo Charles, we have received some questions from you all, and we will provide some guidance, some recommendations, maybe in some cases some answers, and at a minimum some courses of action you can take to overcome the challenges we face. in life. You good with you good with that? I'm good with that and that's very well said.

Thank you for that. Okay. First question from the interwebs. I'm currently a sergeant at a sh sheriff's office in the Northeast. I've been at my current department for around 10 years, but I'm thinking of transferring to another department that is closer to my home.

My current department is around for a 45 minute drive from my house. The department I am looking to transfer to is only five minutes away. And it has a better schedule, 4 on, 4 off, 4 on, 3 off, compared to the current department that I'm at, 5 on 2 off. If I transfer, I will be making the same amount of money I'm currently making. I would have to start over on the road as a regular deputy, although the department I'm at currently is smaller and I still have to answer calls as a sergeant because of

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