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Hi, I am experiencing a problem with my ability to stay at my current command for the remainder of my Navy enlistment. I am scheduled for a PCS in july 2007 and I would like to extend at my current sea duty command until 6Jan2009. I submitted a request to extend for 18 months but it was refused. Do you know of any loopholes or any other way I could disqualify myself from being able to PCS such as PRT failures that would allow me to maintain an honorable discharge and my MGIB? Or better yet a way to do it without cheating the system.
Hi Greg,
I'm afraid not. In every case that I know of, making yourself ineligible for re-assignment also makes yourself ineligible for re-enlistment, which -- in turn -- makes you ineligible for an honorable discharge.
I don't want to sound "harsh" here, but the military is not like a civilian job. It's not like working at McDonalds. Part of the job is going where you're told, when you're told, for how long you're told. That's the nature of the job.
When you enlisted, you signed up for 4, or 5, or 6 years, and as part of that enlistment, you agree to go anywhere that the Navy determined you were needed. I assume you understood this when you initially enlisted?
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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