Posted on Jan 10, 2023
SPC Avionic Mechanic
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Can your chain of command pull you from your college classes if you fail an acft and come under a flag?
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SFC Retention Operations Nco
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If you're in online school and your tuition is already paid for, what you do after work is your business. Your Commander can't disenroll from a college class. However, once you are flagged you are no longer eligible for TA. If you're going to class during the work day, your Commander has 100% ability to control where you spend your work hours
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SGM G3 Sergeant Major
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Now that you are flagged, you should read the whole reg, it's only 34 pages.
AR 600–8–2 • 5 April 2021
Chapter 3 Prohibitions and Retention of Flagged Personnel
3–1. Actions prohibited by a Flag
f. Attendance at military or civilian schools. The waiver approval authority for attendance at military or civilian schools is the DCS, G–3/5/7 (DAMO–TR).
(3) Civilian schools are defined as those post-secondary and technical institutions in which a Soldier takes, either on a full- or part-time basis, courses that were fully or partially funded by the Army. This does not apply to self-funded education courses taken at civilian schools.

If the college classes are funded at all by the Army, or if the classes are during the duty day, that is a favorable personnel action that is now suspended.
If you are paying 100% of the tuition an fees out of pocket, and the classes are after duty, that is not a favorable personnel action.
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MSG Intermediate Care Technician
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As in, you're taking online college courses and are now flagged? I'm not aware they can pull you from classes, however....the flag will stop you from getting TA, though.
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