I know one Air Force officer who left active duty at 14 years. I also know of a trauma surgeon who was able to declare sanctuary during a mobilization and his service fully supported that.
Thanks again for your articles, Doug. I have an oddball question for you: What would happen to an O-4, or whatever rank, who had a bad year, that is forced out by retirement laws or regs before completing 20 good years? Gets one bad year. One example is an O-4 who fails to promote and reaches their service limit at 20 years but has only 16 good years.
They could separate from the Navy Reserve and apply to the National Guard in the enlisted ranks, reach 20 good years there, and then file for retired awaiting pay. You would think the big N would advise separation right then and there! There is a lot of jeopardy for even one bad year, it appears.
I notice that several times on your site you recommend that people make sure to get their 20 year NOE prior to going IRR. I am currently at 16 good years, 11 from active duty Navy, 5 from the National Guard. I recently picked up O-5, but I have to admit that I have run out of desire to continue at my current pace for the next 4 years. I am exploring a lot of options to back down a bit, but one thing that seems quite appealing is IRR.
My personal business is booming right now and my guard time is actually costing me money in lost opportunity. As I understand it, I can switch to IRR and still complete my remaining 4 good years via correspondence courses. IRR provides 15 participation points per year, so I would only have to complete 35 points worth of courses.
Looking at the available course catalog, there are interesting courses that I know I could complete with less time investment than I am currently putting into my drill weekends. I am perfectly content to top out here. I just need 4 good years to eventually cash in on the 16 hard years that I have already put in. Well, to be honest, it was 1 easy year, 10 hard years and 5 moderate years :. If there is a major mobilization, I would be eager to answer that call and contribute in any way that I can.
However, I do have some concern that I would be recalled to active duty to fill some pointless hard fill billet in Bahrain. That is a risk that I have lived with for a long time, so I guess I can deal with it. I have done a lot of research, both online and in person, and few sites have this much good information compiled in one space.
Great comment, Glen, and thanks for the compliment! Yes, you can transfer to the IRR and obtain your final four good years through correspondence courses and other duties. However the majority of the servicemembers who make that choice eventually fail to reach their goals for a number of personal and bureaucratic reasons.
Many Reservists and Guard members in the IRR tell me that they find themselves challenged to get the points for a good year. Can you find enough courses approved for Guard IRR credit in the current catalog to total up 4 x 35 points? Will you have the access CAC card or secure login to reach the website? Will you have to do the courses on a secure network at your local armory or even revert to paper?
The Guard may have other unexpected obstacles. Does the Guard offer other IRR programs for points? Will all the other demands of your life derail your best of intentions with your correspondence courses? Will you be able to make the time to plug through the courses every week and finish per month, or will you find yourself frantically cramming them in during the last two months before your anniversary date?
Is it truly that simple? COL Vincent Stoneking. Like everything Army, the devil is in the details Here's the tricky bit and it may matter to you, and it may not, depending how long you've been a CPT and if you care about the possibility of retiring as a MAJ. If this happens before you have achieved 3 years TIG, you will be retired at the next lower rank You only need to hold the rank for 6 months if the retirement is max length of service, but otherwise it needs to be 36 months prior to transfer to the Retired Reserve to be considered permanent.
Yes, I know, everyone has been told that after you get your 20 year letter, "good years" no longer matter. I counter as follows: AR Para Be careful out there!!! Thank you COL Vincent!
Could you please elaborate on You only need to hold the rank for 6 months if the retirement is max length of service , specifically the "retirement is max length of service" I'm unclear about what that really means and how it would matter.
I'll also delve through you response more later. Thank you! So, let's look at 2 scenarios: 1. You retire as a CPT, as you held the rank for over 6 months. This could be because you made the choice to, or were involuntarily moved to the Retired Reserve due to not making 50 points.
This is JUST shy of 3 years, literally 1 day. You retire as a 1LT. You do have to force it to actually calculate RESERVE retirement, as it defaults to calculating "was reserve, but went active duty" for some reason I'm interested in what you're mentioning as my state's retirement coordinator RPAM didn't mention anything like what your bringing up.
Interested in what I and others can learn from this situation as i'm 45 now and can elect to retire at 59 deployments. So I have to act quickly if what you're mentioning is indeed fact none of this was mentioned at any retirement briefing I attended. My current concern is "involuntarily moved to the Retired Reserve due to not making 50 points". Likewise, I'd never heard such a thing in just over 30 total years of service, including several retirement briefings.
Until I got the HRC letter last month and had to figure out how to do the "one time waiver. Nonparticipating IRR troops do not report to a unit, do not draw pay, and do not earn points. Like the other branches of the military, Coast Guard requirements for IRR including maintaining military fitness standards, staying current on address and contact information, responding to official correspondence, etc.
Coast Guard members on IRR may be required to be screened annually, but there is no mandatory weigh-in required. That said, IRR members are reminded that they may be subject to weigh-ins for other duty-related purposes and are required to maintain fitness standards accordingly. Those serving on the Standby Reserve program in the Coast Guard are considered inactive.
This is a Reserve servicemember with advanced technical skills electronics, combat system maintenance, training whose primary employer is the federal civil service. One example is a civil servant doing aircraft maintenance for a Reserve unit. When you receive your Notice of Eligibility letter, your service has confirmed that you can retire.
However, you might still want to drill until you reach your time in rank or your maximum longevity for pay at that rank. All servicemembers have to serve in a rank for at least six months to retire in that rank, and the time in grade at O-5 and above is three years. In some cases like a drawdown the three-year requirement can be waived by the service secretary to two years. Code section More importantly, when you retire awaiting pay then your seniority in that grade will continue to accrue as if you were on active duty.
See article at the top of page in that PDF link. See paragraph However, that status also means you could be recalled and mobilized for active duty during a total mobilization which last occurred during WWII.
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