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2 years active duty with 6 years in the inactive reserves (everyone gets 8 years total).

It is true you lose out on some benefits (GI Bill, veterans benefits, enlistment bonuses, etc) by doing such a short amount of time on active duty.

You are NOT more likely to be deployed just because you're in for a shorter period of time. It all depends on what unit you're with, not your years on active duty.

And yes, it does limit what MOS you can have because AIT for some would take up your a huge chunk, or possibly your entire time on active duty.

2007-06-13 06:02:03 · answer #1 · answered by ME 2 · 0 0

The shortest lively duty enlistment settlement is 15 months, after ordinary and your a school. AIT/ Tech college. accompanied via 2 years interior the drilling Reserves ( 2 days a month ) accompanied via 4 years interior the IRR inactive Reserves. All enlistment contracts are for 8 years. those are referred to as national call to service enlistments. The army facilitates greater NCS enlistments then the different centers blended do. The army makes use of NCS as a enlistment gadget for the army Reserves. And the army facilitates recruits a much wider decision of jobs than the different centers do. however the down component, the army won't enable a NCS recruit, stay to tell the tale lively duty after thier 15 months, you may desire to cut up and pass into the reserves. the different undertaking, is you do no longer qualify for the Gi bill while doing a NCS enlistment. each and every service has NCS enlistments, its mandated via Congress. yet there may be basically 4 hundred NCS enlistments available each and every 12 months, so they're stressful to get, basicly via the top of October, each and every of the slots are long previous.

2016-12-08 08:03:40 · answer #2 · answered by ballow 4 · 0 0

Don't believe anyone who says you only sign up for a year or two. ALL commitments are 8 years total. Either 2 years active and 6 in the reserve (and just look at how many reserve troops are in Iraq and Afghanistan right now), or 4 year active and 4 years reserve.

AND do remember about stop loss, which means they pretty much get to keep you for as long as they want if it's during war time.

2007-06-13 08:41:52 · answer #3 · answered by the cat who went to heaven 2 · 0 0

"you don't get nearly the amount of benefits and you get shipped off to Iraq right away because of such a short term."


I don't think this is true. It might be, but I doubt it. It sounds like recruiterspeak to me...

For awhile, the Army was playing around with a program to only keep you for 1 year...your basic training and AIT didn't count, but after you completed AIT and reported to your unit, you would only serve for one year there. I know that it was limited to just a few MOSs. I haven't heard much about this program, so I don't know if it is still around, or if it even got out of the testing stages.

2007-06-13 05:20:18 · answer #4 · answered by Robert N 4 · 0 0

2 years.

Edit. To answer Robert N.
It is true about the lack of benefits... If you sign up for a 2 year enlistment, you lose options like enlistment bonuses, choice of duty station, and I think they even reduce the amount of your college fund/GI Bill, if you get it at all......

As for the 1 year thing, I never heard of it... I know if you do your time in Active Duty, and you re-enlist for the reserves or national guard, then they will let you do a 1 year trial enlistment.....

2007-06-13 05:06:57 · answer #5 · answered by Dan 4 · 0 0

2 years, it's called the "national call to service"

I talked to a few army recruiters before and they all said it's not worth it... you don't get nearly the amount of benefits and you get shipped off to Iraq right away because of such a short term.

An extra 2 years isn't that much, if you do go active do 4 years, or join the Navy like me :)

2007-06-13 05:10:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

eight years. as little as 15 months of that can be on Active Duty, but until those eight years have passed they can and will keep you longer of they need to.

2007-06-13 11:35:10 · answer #7 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0 0

actually once your signed on and trained you contracts dont matter, they have you untill they discharge you

you have no say and if you leave you can be hung for desertion

dont sing on unless you understand it is not just two years, but maybe up to 10

2007-06-13 13:49:33 · answer #8 · answered by willycj5 2 · 0 0

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