Question about the military

[csmusaret]

Yes I was a CSM but that was a long time ago.

[T Minus Four]

Here's a good link. Still looking for a copy of my contract.

http://www.nisbco.org/Enlistment.htm

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[Servant of the Nine]

Even before 9/11 it was routine to extend people whose enlistments in the Navy ended while deployed. My son was extended for four months until his battle group returned from the Gulf in '01.

So9

[jz638]

I enlisted this past october in the Army (at age 25 and taking a pretty darned big pay cut in the process, but that's a story for another time). At MEPS, they don't tell you the inactive service clause until just before you put your final signatures on that stack of papers, and the civil servant processing me through sort of mumbled through that part and was surprised I heard her and asked for her to explain it. If I wasn't paying attention at the time, I would have missed it entirely, and I bet most people aren't paying attention to what they're signing.

[jz638]

run on sentence -2.

[Warthog]

The only problem I have with the other posts is that they ignore the fact that when the military wants to enforce your oath/signup as a contract they call it that. However, when it works against them they claim that there is no contract. That was my observation in the early 70's when I observed that other soldiers were being reassigned to other posts or jobs/MOS's even though their papers were quite clear on what they had signed up for. Notwithstanding the above my papers stated and I was told quite clearly that my enlistment included 3 years of reserve duty and that my active duty could be extended for that 3 years. But again, if the Marines are doing the extension this time the other services should also do so as well. If not from fairness but from the practical long term needs as well (i.e., this will cause a long term reduction in enlistments/re-enlistments).

[quietolong]

It’s in the fine print “ and the needs of the service “

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

I believe that the Marine Corps is the last of the armed services to do this in recent years.

[Poohbah]

The total service obligation was increased to eight years in 1984, in any combination of active/drilling reserve/inactive reserve status.

[Cvengr]

Perhaps so,...I was under the impression that he had completed his mandated tour, was extended on active duty, perhaps because of reserve commitment, but remained on station afloat after the war and had submitted for early release. I may have the details confused, but i remember the issue was a sore point with Perot at that time.

[Happy2BMe]

"The total service obligation was increased to eight years in 1984, in any combination of active/drilling reserve/inactive reserve status."

Tnx. Learned something.