I was wondering, if say this is my husbands last yr in the corps how many day's do they have to be back from deployment to the camp before contract ending?
2007-10-21 10:14:26 · 7 answers · asked by Blossom 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
They could conceivably keep him up until the last day, hand him a DD214 and then put him on a plane. In practice, though, they wouldn't do that...but they could cut it pretty close.
2007-10-21 10:21:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same thing happened with my husband and he got back about 45 days before separation. I hate to rain on your parade though, they CAN extend his contract involuntarily (stop loss) if his tour is not over. So say that he has to serve 1 year in Iraq and left last March and his sep. date is in Febuary, they will extend his contract till probably April or May. They tried to extend my husbands tour by 2 months and then extend his whole contract 3 more months but he had a higher up Gunnery Sgt. fighting for him and told the Col. to go get f***ed... Ideally though, 4 months before seperation but it CAN be less than that.
2007-10-21 20:33:47 · answer #2 · answered by Mommy to 1+triplets 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they kept my husband till they was half way through a deployment, flew him home with LESS than his resettlement time was left and then he had to stand watch [go to work] for 3 of those 4 weeks.............they can mess with you for as long as they want, and mine was actually retiring after 20+ years in.
Best thing to do is hope for the best but prepare for the worse outcome, either way you will be OK.
regards
2007-10-21 17:40:34 · answer #3 · answered by candy g 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know how things vary from Marines to Army, etc. but my neighbor was just a few months out from retirement when he returned from Afghanistan. He returned in early March and almost immediately began ACAPing, he had his retirement ceremony sometime in July (I believe) but didn't clear quarters and have his final out until early September. But this is just one soldiers story, and I don't know if you are retiring or ETSing, so there might be a difference in pacing.
2007-10-21 17:44:18 · answer #4 · answered by BurgGurl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can be held over past your ETS up to three months after the return from deployment, unless you have not completed your initial eight year obligation. In that case, you can be stop lossed until those 8 years are up.
2007-10-21 17:53:53 · answer #5 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My husband is in the Navy and they just fly men home when their time is up. I think they will allow a few weeks for you to move to your final destination.
2007-10-21 17:17:52 · answer #6 · answered by Van is due 5/8/08! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on his unit stop loss program and where his stationed at..
2007-10-22 09:09:06 · answer #7 · answered by Mephisto 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋