How can I get my orders to Korea deleted or changed?

SSG (Join to see) I know where you are coming from. I had been married for about 10 months when I received the great news that I would be serving overseas in the Land of the Early morning calm, unaccompanied. I sat down with my Branch Manager to talk it over. I was informed that I had been sitting on my ass in CONUS (stationed at Ft Irwin, OPFOR 11months/year in the field sitting on my ass...) and I needed to get to Korea. Assignment turned out to be pretty good professionally. I got to Command a Company really early. Moral to the story: if you can't get out of it, you might as well get into it. SFC (Join to see) comment is pretty spot on. The only alternative would be to volunteer for something your branch manager needs filled worse.

Realistically, I would start working a command sponsored tour, meaning you would be accompanied. If that doesn't work out: get in, hit it, and get out. Take your mid tour leave 2/3 of the way through, so when you come back, you change hand receipt and then bounce. I had my wife come visit at Christmas. I got there in September, saw her in December, saw her again on leave in July, and I was on my way home in October (extended 30 days to get 13 months in command). Don't fall for the bait of command sponsorship on the tail end of the assignment although you could get an incentive for a COT. Because you are coming from Korea, you will have more leverage where you go afterward. You will also be off the radar for overseas assignment for a while. Get your KDSM and move on.

You have almost no chance of having your orders deleted, especially from Korea. Literally every single person who comes on assignment for Korea calls their branch manager and tells them they don't want to go to Korea. You also cannot reenlist for a duty station or Reclass when you're on assignment.
However, you can apply for command sponsorship and bring your family for two years.

As estated on the previous comment, you should apply for command sponsorship as soon as possible. You need to do this during your Levy process. While you are waiting for that to happen, make an appointment at hospital for an EFMP screening for your dependents. Don’t wait!

I got out of Korea; How?
I went Airborne.

They pushed me out to Bragg instead. If you have the option and really need to get Korea off of your orders, see if it's a possibility.

Telling Soldiers to "suck it up" when it might mean losing their families or missing out on vital development periods in their children's lives...? For the sake of tact, I'll just say that this sort of mentality doesn't exactly motivate troops to go the extra mile to make you look good. If we can help, then let's make the effort to do so and set the right example in the process.

Ask Branch about the possibilities of taking your dependents. I feel your frustration brother. I got married and two months after I was on my way to Afghanistan with zero options. If not, it is important that you assist your wife in establishing a good support system to facilitate this transition. Take every opportunity to visit eachother. A year goes by pretty quick. You have to mentally think about the positive (i.e. goals, money, and etc.). Go to school!

The be a man and suck it up rrally does apply here. Not wanting to be too harsh, it's a one year tour (unaccompanied), everyone gets one or two. Yes your family doesn't go with you unless you volunteered to go accompanied. It will be especially tough since you're having your first child. If your MOS allows you to trade with some one in your MOS, and he/she has orders to somewhere that is accompanied, that would be the way to go. Talk with your company first sgt to see what you can. There's no promising he'll be sympathectic, but it's worth a try. My ex got orders to Iceland unaccompanied for a year and I was at home with two children (ages 3 &1). We were both in USAF at the time and she tried to get me up there for an accompanied tour. Didn't happen. Again sorry to be so hard on you in the begining, but it's one of the negatives in military life. Best of luck.

It’s much easier to get command sponsorship these days than in the past and I highly recomend any Soldier going strongly consider bringing your family, In the past korea for Soldiers had earned a bad reputation but it’s not that way, it’s a a very family friendly country with many things for young families to see and do. It’s the mentality of the Soldiers that see it as a place to endulge in the Villes and the environment closest to the camps that is just there to make money off of the Soldiers. But when you get out on the economy and experience the country you’ll see this is a great place to be assigned.

This may sound harsh but I grew up hearing the following statement “ if the military wanted you to have a wife and family, they would have issued you one”. I guess it’s a different military now a days. My suggestion is this: you signed up to serve in this country’s military. Nobody coerced you. So if you don’t want to go to Korea and you happen to get out of it, then the next time you have orders to some other place you don’t want to go, you may start whining also. Imagine if the whole military decided they didn’t want to go to Korea, what would happen then? Suck it up! Korea is not a bad place.
By the way, if you guys just had a baby, this is the best time to go because your daughter will not remember you being gone. The older the kids get the harder it is for them. I have saidcmy peace.

Korea is a great experience. It is the easiest of the 7th Fleet experiences (sorry I am Navy). The Koreans want us to be there, but still have detention among the younger population. No matter what the Koreans are respectful, kind, and welcoming (unless you are a JN). It is easy to travel any where from Korea or have others come to you. Please call if you have questions. V/R, (LCDR Kirk Chandler, now a civilian) [login to see] (c)

Soldier, everybody goes somewhere sometime. Face it, it is your turn to go overseas. You did not mention a valid reason for non deployment, therefore you sound like a whiner that wants to be close to momie.