If someone reenlists for 2 years 14 months before the end of their current commitment, does the military cancel that 14 months?

SSG Robert Ricci the two are the same thing. 14 months prior to ETS the Soldier is discharged and gets a new term of service. In this case, 24 months. The time from old ETS to the new ETS is 10 months. It's not written off, the old contract ends due to discharge and the Soldier is given a new one.

SFC (Join to see) that makes sense but it seems to cheat the military out of a reenlistment. Thank you for resolving my question. Damn. I could have been a Sergeant First Class. Damn reenlistment NCO told me I needed to re-enlist for another six years. LOL.

SSG Robert Ricci in an all volunteer Army you have to balance the needs of the Army with the desires of the Soldier. It's hard to ask a 20 year old kid to commit to three years when they can barely commit to a two year phone plan.

Yeah that's damn right funny! That's another part of the story that gets me in that she states that as a military policemen she was required to do a 5-year hitch. When I was in it was a three-year hitch. To start off anyway. I ended up staying for 11. But she said it was a required five-year hitch so I called a recruiter and they verified that it was anywhere from two to five years with the average being three. I'm getting lost in this new military stuff that as you say is a volunteer army. It was a volunteer army when I was in but just coming out of Vietnam era. Yes, I'm old. You don't need to remind me. LOL. Actually, you didn't. I reminded myself.

None presented which was my first clue. But if you'll help me for a moment and leave the DD-214 aside, have you ever heard of the military canceling 14 months remaining on your hitch because you reenlist early? I've asked for a DD-214. I will then fill out an SF - 180 and fax it to St Louis. Right now I'm more interested in finding out if the military cancels remaining time on a contract due to an early reenlistment so I can just boot what appears to be an excellent candidate. It's when they lie about the little things. How do you end up doing five years in 10 months when you signed up for 5 years and then re-enlisted for two more?

By the way command sergeant major, thank you for your reply.

SSG Robert Ricci I do not know the dates: my kid brother re-upped in Germany so he could ship soonest to Nam in 1966. He occurred a ‘Short Discharge’. And was in Country 5 days before being a KIA.

CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025 Words escape me. I am sorry for your loss. I was ending my tours of Duty just as Desert Shield was beginning. I got out in time that I didn't have to go. But I would have gone. You see, the way I look at it was that I had been in longer and I was better trained. I too was young but how does God pick and choose which one? That's a rhetorical question really. Again, I'm very sorry for your loss.