Can U.S. military officers resign whenever they want to?
2006-12-01 04:53:15 · 4 answers · asked by tony2456 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Well, resigning your comission is VERY bad. You basically lose all status as a military member and can never join again. All benefits of being in the military or formerly being in the military are stripped away. To resign one's comission is generally considered a very dishonorable thing to do.
Edit for Aggie80: Officers do NOT resign their comissions "all the time." In fact, such is a very rare occurance. To note, when an officer seperates from the military they are not permanently seperated (like the enlisted folks). Instead they are placed in the innactive reserve and their comission is still fully valid. Once an officer, you can technically be called back to office until you die UNLESS you resign your comission and forego any benefits of military service. The oath of Comissioning is a lifelong oath (hence why enlisted are re-enlisted every four years and officers are not ever in need of re-comissioning). At least, that's the way it works in the AF. I don't know what type of game you navy guys run.
2006-12-01 05:22:31 · answer #1 · answered by promethius9594 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Officers resign their commissions all the time and when it is voluntary they receive an honorable discharge.
Typically you have to give proper lead time, I seem to recall it being six months, but it may have been longer. You also have to indicate whether you would accept a reserve commission or not.
The military normally likes to separate an officer once they have completed their most recent tour of duty, and rather than issue orders to a new command, issue separation orders, which indicates the date the resignation will become effective and whether they are being offered a reserve commission or not.
Note that they can refuse to accept the resignation in certain circumstances (war for instance), or set a date much longer than really desired.
2006-12-01 05:52:39 · answer #2 · answered by Aggie80 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I served as an officer in the Army and never knew or heard of an officer resigning his commission. Once you go voluntary indefinite you are in until separated from service. You can always submit a resignation but it does not have to be accepted.
As an officer you can be passed over for promotion and on the third time you are separated from the service voluntarily unless you have the time in service to retire.
2006-12-01 14:53:50 · answer #3 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no it is more technical than that
2006-12-01 05:00:13 · answer #4 · answered by Mets00 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋