Create Your Own Individual Transition Plan
A carefully thought out Individual Transition Plan (ITP) is your game plan for a successful
transition to civilian life-it is not an official form, but something you create by yourself, for
yourself. Your Transition Assistance Office will give you a head start with your DD Form 2648,
"Pre-Separation Counseling Checklist," which can serve as an outline for your ITP. On this
checklist, you indicate the benefits and services for which you want counseling. You then are
referred to subject experts who will answer your questions. Your Transition Assistance Office will
furnish additional information and emphasize certain points for you to consider.
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"You may be whatever you resolve to be."
-Stonewall Jackson
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The ITP should identify likely actions and activities associated with your
transition. You can determine what these might be through consultation with your
Transition/ACAP or Command Career Counselor and using a document called the DD Form 2648, “
Preseparation Counseling Checklist.”
Contact your Transition/ACAP Office or Command Career Counselor and make an appointment to
complete your preseparation counseling and the checklist.
If you are uncertain about your future plans, now is the time to obtain all the assistance and
information you need. Professional guidance and counseling are available at your Transition
Office, as are workshops, publications, information resources, automated resources, and government
programs. Take advantage of each one that pertains to your unique situation. It is your
Individual Transition Plan: It is your responsibility and your life.
Date Last Reviewed: June 29, 2009
