Posted on Mar 31, 2022
Can a single soldier get accompanied orders to an OCONUS duty station?
5.23K
15
7
0
0
0
My friend signed a contract for Germany for 4 years. He signed it on July of 2020 and he PCS'd on October 2021. The thing is his contract says accompanied tour duty but he is single. Wouldnt this mean he needed to sign an unaccompanied order since he is single?
79S: Career Counselor
OCONUS
Vilseck
PCS
ETS/EAS
Posted 2 y ago
Responses: 4
6
6
0
His contract doesn't say accompanied, contracts don't state the tour status, just the location.
All Soldiers going to Germany will serve an accompanied tour, the accompanied tour is three years
All Soldiers going to Germany will serve an accompanied tour, the accompanied tour is three years
(6)
(0)
SGT (Join to see)
If he already served 1 year in his old duty station and then pcsed to Germany would that mean he will be spending the rest of his contract in Germany?
(0)
(0)
SFC (Join to see)
The tour length for Germany, and most of Europe, is three years. That means a Soldier will serve three years in that location from the arrival date. MPD will not cut orders for the Soldier if their ETS doesn't meet the three years required for the tour.
The unaccompanied tour length for Germany was changed to 36 months back in 2019, the Soldier will be in Germany for three years. If they reenlisted for Germany and now do not want to go for three years, they can delete the assignment and work with their branch manager.
The unaccompanied tour length for Germany was changed to 36 months back in 2019, the Soldier will be in Germany for three years. If they reenlisted for Germany and now do not want to go for three years, they can delete the assignment and work with their branch manager.
(0)
(0)
No, the location allows accompanied tours. His orders likely say family members authorized: no (because he’s single)
(5)
(0)
3
3
0
Accompanied orders doesn't mean +1 like you are attending a friends wedding. I'm guessing there is more fine print to your friends orders. But even if we play Devil's advocate and your friend did sign accompanied orders when they have no dependents. Nothing happens. Your friend isn't at fault.
(3)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google