Under what circumstances may an officer resign his commission?
2007-01-12 18:44:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Here is the real answer, everyone else forgot important aspects.
Officers enter with a contract, they must serve a minimum amount of years before resigning. Imagine if the military trained 200 pilots, and 190 got out after the training because civilian jobs pay more... So they have a minimum amount to serve, based on their job.
Stop Loss during certain times usually conflict/war, the govt initiates this program. Those in essential fields such as Navy Seals, Army Rangers, EOD, and others cannot get out even if they fulfilled their contracts. Until the stop loss is lifted they must stay in. Many Navy Seals officers and enlisted had to stay on an extra 6 months to 2-3 years to adhere to the govt regulations.
2007-01-12 22:12:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had a guy resign his commission rather than go under further investigation for theft of goods.
This other girl I went to officer school with was prior enlisted and found a loop hole (don't know what kind of loop hole but she found one) and she put in her letter or resignation. She'll be out by next summer after being an officer for 2 years. That's only half of our initial committment.
You can't just resign. You owe the government so much time. I can't just go in one day resign and I'm out. Doesn't really work that way or the girl I mentioned above would have been out a few months ago.
2007-01-13 03:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by angeliquedesjardins 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they may not. each Community and Branch incurs a minimum amount of service time.. as long as 8 years(Aviation typically is 5-6, for insatnce). If you accept additional training, you will incur additional service time. For instance, my husband is about to graduate NPS. He owes the Navy another 4 years on top of his 5 year commitment because they sent him here. If he tries to resign his commission before 2011, he will have to pay back the Navy for his Master's degree.
BUT.. and here's the caveat.. if Stop Loss is in effect, than even if you have completed your commitment time, you may not always be able to resign that easily.
2007-01-13 11:40:48 · answer #3 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no matter what branch you are in enlisted or officer you are required to serve 8 years. now for example I am getting out of the Navy in 2 weeks which will put me at my 5 year mark, that puts me in the Inactive Reserves, at any given time, in most cases when they call upon the draft they will call all people on Inactive Reserves first then figure out how many more bodies they need. If you have done over 8 years they really cant call you back, but they can request you to come back, then its tottally up to you.
Now for what Macuser had said about his captain, is probably he was in a high needed billet, he was well compnsated. they have not activated any Inactive reserves in the past unless they were of a extremely high need.
2007-01-13 03:44:48 · answer #4 · answered by JP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can resign.........HOWEVER......and this is the case in my unit you can be called back because we are at war. A Captain on my team resigned and guess where he is right now....Thats right sitting right next to me everyday here in Iraq.
So the book answer is YES however the real answer maybe NO
2007-01-13 03:33:50 · answer #5 · answered by Macuser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After your initial commitment of 6 years, you can resign your commission.
I only planned on doing 6 years but that was 21 years ago. I actually enjoy my job.
2007-01-13 02:48:37 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, except during times of war. Another valid reason for resignation is incapacitation, physical and mental disability.
2007-01-13 21:44:53 · answer #7 · answered by roadwarrior 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋