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Expert: Rod Powers - 11/17/2007


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I have served 5 years enlisted and 3 years as an officer in the National Guard. Have I met my service obligation of 8 years or did my MSO restart when I commissioned?

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Hi Fernando,

Everyone who joins the Military for the first time incurs a total 8 year service obligation. Your five years as enlisted and your three years as an officer in the Nation Guard would have satisfied this.

However, your contract for commission with the National Guard may have (and probably did) result in a further MSO. No way I can tell, as I don't have your contract in front of me. Your National Guard contract should list the requirements of any additional MSO you would have incurred as a result of accepting a commission in the National Guard.

For more information about the U.S. Military, feel free to visit my U.S. Military Information Site at: http://usmilitary.about.com

Hope this helps!

Rod Powers
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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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