Active duty

One calendar: TAP, BDD, SkillBridge, VGLI

Separation is four clocks. Treat them as one page on the wall.

TAP is the classroom. BDD is 180–90 days. SkillBridge is often 1–180 days. VGLI starts when SGLI ends.
Copy your medical record before you leave. “VA already has it” is how records go missing.
If you are inside 90 days, BDD is closed. File a standard claim the day you have the DD-214.
Write the civilian address you will actually live at. Mail to the last barracks is how COEs bounce.