Jocko Underground: Would You Take a Loss of Rank For More Convenience?
Jocko Podcast
Jocko DEFCOR Network
4.9 • 31.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Would you take a demotion in rank for convenience? Handle vindictive gatekeepers. Feeling ashamed of your service like you didn't do enough? How to deal with people who need to be put in their place. Give big time advice to small-time people.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Jocko Underground Podcast number 197, |
| 0:03.3 | sitting here with Echo Charles. |
| 0:05.5 | We have received some questions from you all, |
| 0:08.9 | and we will provide some guidance, |
| 0:10.9 | some recommendations, maybe in some cases, |
| 0:14.2 | some answers, and at a minimum, |
| 0:16.2 | some courses of action you can take |
| 0:18.1 | to overcome the challenges we face in life. |
| 0:22.8 | You good with that? |
| 0:24.1 | I'm good with that. |
| 0:24.6 | And that's very well said. |
| 0:25.6 | Thank you for that. |
| 0:26.6 | Okay. |
| 0:27.6 | First question from the innerwebs. |
| 0:29.6 | I'm currently a sergeant at a sheriff's office in the Northeast. |
| 0:33.6 | I've been at my current department for around 10 years, |
| 0:35.6 | but I'm thinking of transferring to another department that is closer to my home. My current department for around 10 years, but I'm thinking of transferring |
| 0:37.5 | to another department that is closer to my home. My current department is around a 45-minute |
| 0:42.7 | drive from my house. The department I'm looking to transfer to is only five minutes away, |
| 0:48.8 | and it has a better schedule, four-on, four-off, four-on-three- off, compared to the current department that I'm at |
| 0:55.4 | five on two off. If I transfer, I will be making the same amount of money I'm currently making. |
| 1:01.4 | I would have to start over on the road as a regular deputy, although the department I'm at |
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