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Hi, my husband is a Warrant Officer helicopter pilot in the Army. He is soon deploying with his current unit, and when he returns he will have barely 2 years left in his contract. He would like to tranfer to the Navy for the remainder because the Army has not really turned out to be his cup of tea. Is this at all possible? He says that it is, but I haven't seen any evidence of that in my research. And if it is possible, will he have to sign up for additional time? He's not planning on going career. Any help would be great!
Thanks,
Brittany
Hi Brittany,
I'm afraid it's not going to happen. The Army is currently undermanned, and the Navy is currently overmanned. The Army is increasing in size over the next several years, and the Navy is decreasing in size.
In fact, the Department of Defense has developed a special program (Called Blue to Green -- see http://usmilitary.about.com/od/armyjoin/a/artransfer.htm), which allows members of the Air Force and the Navy to separate early for the purposes of joining the Army, but not the other way around.
For more information about the United States Military, feel free to visit my military information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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