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Right now, I am in the Florida National Guard and I know I should've thought about this earlier but I want to go active duty. I don't ship out till January 2025, and my recruiter is saying I cannot do a DD-368 because I have not gone to basic training and ait. A active duty recruiter is telling me to ELS out and they'll waiver the RE3. I am not sure what to do here and I am wondering what my best options are and is it true I need to do basic to try a dd-368?
Posted 5 mo ago
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You "can" try for an Entry Level Separation and get that RE3 Code.
The code is guaranteed. That waiver for the RE3 is absolutely not a guarantee, and that recruiter has nothing to lose telling you to do something that stupid.
Just complete AIT, get your conditional release and go active.
Yes, you have to complete both BCT and AIT, be awarded and MOS and serve at least 9 months in that MOS to be eligible for a conditional release. TAG can waive the 9 months, most states only waive it down to 6 months. Since the process is about 6 months, you would want to submit it the month you get back from AIT.
NGR 600-200:
4-28. Enlistment in another U.S. Armed Force
ARNG/ARNGUS Soldiers may enlist in the regular or reserve component of any other U.S. Armed Force except the Delayed Entry Program (DEP) of any service, including the U.S. Army IAW AR 601-210 (Active and Reserve Component Enlistment Program). TAGs may delegate in writing the approval authority to grant a conditional release DD Form 368 (Request for Discharge or Clearance from Reserve Components) below the first General
Officer in the chain of command (MILPO / BDE CDR / BN CDR). These Soldiers must first obtain a DD Form 368:
a. Provided they have served 9 months after completion of IET and have been awarded an MOS. TAGs may waive the 9 months requirement. TAGs may delegate to the MPMO/G1.
The code is guaranteed. That waiver for the RE3 is absolutely not a guarantee, and that recruiter has nothing to lose telling you to do something that stupid.
Just complete AIT, get your conditional release and go active.
Yes, you have to complete both BCT and AIT, be awarded and MOS and serve at least 9 months in that MOS to be eligible for a conditional release. TAG can waive the 9 months, most states only waive it down to 6 months. Since the process is about 6 months, you would want to submit it the month you get back from AIT.
NGR 600-200:
4-28. Enlistment in another U.S. Armed Force
ARNG/ARNGUS Soldiers may enlist in the regular or reserve component of any other U.S. Armed Force except the Delayed Entry Program (DEP) of any service, including the U.S. Army IAW AR 601-210 (Active and Reserve Component Enlistment Program). TAGs may delegate in writing the approval authority to grant a conditional release DD Form 368 (Request for Discharge or Clearance from Reserve Components) below the first General
Officer in the chain of command (MILPO / BDE CDR / BN CDR). These Soldiers must first obtain a DD Form 368:
a. Provided they have served 9 months after completion of IET and have been awarded an MOS. TAGs may waive the 9 months requirement. TAGs may delegate to the MPMO/G1.
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Your best, fastest and safest route is to complete Basic and AIT, then submit your 368. However, be advised that this process itself takes up to 6 months to complete and will need to go to TAG of Florida. Also, be advised that at no time at ANY level of your Chain of Command are they required to stamp Approval for your transfer request.
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The safest route would be for you to stick with your current commitment and transfer to AD down the road as Sgt Maj McCloud suggested.
You could opt for the ELS and RE3 waiver but it isn't a guaranteed process. There is a level of risk involved.
I would suggest going through with the current commitment you made and transfer when eligible down the road but the choice is yours and yours alone to make.
You could opt for the ELS and RE3 waiver but it isn't a guaranteed process. There is a level of risk involved.
I would suggest going through with the current commitment you made and transfer when eligible down the road but the choice is yours and yours alone to make.
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