Posted on Oct 7, 2018
Can a person be deployed when they have less than a year left when they would return?
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I'm not sure how it all works now, but when I enlisted and back in 69, it was for four years. I committed my life to my country for four years, never expecting less. It was an honor to serve. Today everyone who serves does so willingly and I sincerely thank each of you for your service.
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Sgt Ron Harris
I went in on 10 Feb.,'66. At that time you had a 6 yr. obligation, there was no "contract", with 4 yrs. active duty. I left 'Nam, after 16 1/2 mo., about 3 1/2 wks. early on my tour, 27 Oct.,'69, in Nixon's "troop pull out". I was separated at Travis AFB, 29 Oct. '69, I had roughly 3 yrs., 8 mo., and 20 days active time. My discharge came in Feb., 1972. I lived in Joliet, IL, w/my reserve unit @ Travis. Before Christmas, '69, the NYC postal service was on strike. I was sent a Red Alert that if the strike wasn't settled by a certain date, I would have to report to my unit at Travis, to be flown to New York, for postal duty. I would have to go 2000 miles west so the AF could fly me 3000 miles east. Hows that for Military Intelligence?
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The answer to that is YES. I had 4 soldiers in my platoon that went to Iraq in 2003, and anywhere between 6-8 months into the unit's 1 year tour of duty there, those soldiers left Iraq, back to the states, and then ETS.
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Yes. They Army can even send you on a deployment after you think you're out.
All initial enlistments are for 8 years. You might think you only have a 4 or 6 year contract, but it is really 8 years. (i.e. 4 active duty plus 4 inactive reserve; or 6 active duty plus 2 inactive reserve) If the Army determines you have a skill they need after you REFRAD (get out), they can legally pull you back on active duty. They can also put you on stop loss so you continue on active duty after your scheduled ETS date.
All initial enlistments are for 8 years. You might think you only have a 4 or 6 year contract, but it is really 8 years. (i.e. 4 active duty plus 4 inactive reserve; or 6 active duty plus 2 inactive reserve) If the Army determines you have a skill they need after you REFRAD (get out), they can legally pull you back on active duty. They can also put you on stop loss so you continue on active duty after your scheduled ETS date.
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Yes, you can be extended to meet the needs of the military. Quite often service members are transferred to a non-deploying unit for the end of their enlistment. Just don’t count on this happening.
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I had eight months left back in the Vietnam Era and was not sent to Vietnam.
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Yes you can but it depends how mush time you have left and the needs of the mission you would probably be processed through premob and depending how long you pre deployment training takes by the time you group is good to go yourtime will be up unless they extend you contract or they ask you to extend or reup
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As other have said "Yes" however, and others please correct me if I'm wrong. there is no longer stop loss which means if you contract is up while deployed you would ETS during deployment so your Unit may decide not to deploy you and have you stay at home station. I actually made out during one deployment as stop loss was in effect and my ETS date occurred during the deployment and I ended up being paid money for my months deployed passed ETS!
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