I was reading the Marine Corps Times recently and it had a current Army SSgt writing that he was an officer (Captain) in the Marine Corps during the first Gulf War. I've never heard of someone going from officer to enlisted. . .does this happen?
2006-12-30 14:46:00 · 11 answers · asked by brmillend 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
When you leave one service and go to another, you start over again. If you enlist in the army after having resigned a commission, you are voluntarily going in at a lower rank.
I've known an Army Captain that started over again in the Marine Corps as 2nd Lt.
An officer would not be 'demoted' to enlisted ranks without criminal charges. And they will be discharged at the end of their sentence, not kept around as enlisted. I understand that in the Army, officer's may resign their commission to become an E-5 to attend Warrant Officers Flight Training to fly helos.
2006-12-31 01:36:42 · answer #1 · answered by Aggie80 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of ways this could happen. I knew guys in the Army who were commissioned officers who resigned their commissions so they could come back in as warrant officers and get more flight time.
the only two feasible ways I could see this happening is if the guy resigned his commission than came back on active duty or he was seperated from the Marine Corps after the downsizing after the Gulf War, then joined the Army and his commission didn't transfer. A lot of times you can do interservice transfers as an officer but there are a lot of restrictions on this and maybe he just decided to go in enlisted instead of trying for a officer transfer to the Army.
Many officers also become disillusioned with their job but not with the military. He may have wanted to do something in the military he would have never done as an officer so he resigned his commission.
This is unheard of so I can only tell you some of the possibilities I can think of. Some guys have stated he got kicked out or demoted but if you do something bad enough to lose your commission or get a demotion as an officer you certainly aren't getting back in the door enlisted!!!
2006-12-31 05:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by SL 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-25 02:00:49 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only is this possible, but at one point you could be both simultaneously. I don't remember the details, but there used to be a loophole that allowed you to be enlisted or officer active duty, but enlisted in the reserves. It was pretty rare, only happening to a handful of soldiers, and the loophole was closed I think back in 1995 or 96.
Also, officers are only rarely demoted, as it is difficult to do and in any event their career is over if that happens. Usually they just give the officer bad evaluations/reprimands and force them out.
2006-12-30 15:39:46 · answer #4 · answered by Chance20_m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can lose your officer commission through resignation or through violation of the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice). That is not as uncommon as you would think. For example, look at any officer that currently resides at Ft. Leavenworth prison. Their ranks are technically less than a newly signed E-1 recruit.
Officer commissions are not so sacrosanct as many people believe.
2006-12-30 17:06:17 · answer #5 · answered by icehoundxx 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can happen. An officer can get out of the service then down the road reenlist as an enlisted soldier. I have known soldiers that got out then went back in later that way
2006-12-30 14:58:10 · answer #6 · answered by christopherjones43 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It can happen from time to time with battlefield commissions that are'nt held up or are rescinded by the military's "legislative" functions. Is easier to give the "honorary" rank, and authority, then return the person to his official position when the emergency's over.
2006-12-30 23:31:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Driving drunk loses 2 ranks so my guess would be a bigger screw up could bust you all the way down.
2006-12-30 15:10:23 · answer #8 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you need to be enlisted to become a recruit, enlistment is the first thing other than medical etc. that you do before you have any rank
2006-12-30 15:49:38 · answer #9 · answered by luckydo6 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes, they can be demoted (opposite or promoted)
2006-12-30 14:56:33 · answer #10 · answered by sknymnie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋