Posted on Jul 1, 2019
How can I get my pcs orders/projection cancelled ?
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I hope you guys can give help me out. I am stationed at fort drum with ETS date of January and I just got projection for Ft Bliss with a report date of February next year. I want to ets. I went to my retention to try to get it cancelled but she told me to signed a dec statement because I plan maybe coming back as an officer in the reserves. How can I get this projection cancelled or can I just reenlist for stabilization or change MOS...? I don't want to go to bliss. please help ?
Posted 6 y ago
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You sign a declination statement. That's the process. You can still join the reserves.
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You would have to have a valid reason other than “I don’t want to go there” to get your assignment deleted. No disrespect, as a Soldier they Army sends us where we are needed to fill a required vacancy, we don’t have the luxury of going where we want or not going to a location just because we haven’t been there before or because we don’t want to leave a place that’s familiar to us. We all agreed to go where we are needed and we are paid to do a job at a specific location. So unless you have a valid reason to request a deletion, it won’t happen, been there, done that, and it turned out to be one of my best assignments ever.....
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You would have to have a valid reason other than “I don’t want to go there” to get your assignment deleted. No disrespect, as a Soldier they Army sends us where we are needed to fill a required vacancy, we don’t have the luxury of going where we want or not going to a location just because we haven’t been there before or because we don’t want to leave a place that’s familiar to us. We all agreed to go where we are needed and we are paid to do a job at a specific location. So unless you have a valid reason to request a deletion, it won’t happen, been there, done that, and it turned out to be one of my best assignments ever.....
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Thank you but I SFL-TAP and all that . I had two classes left for my degree and was set to finish them and then come back as an officer … no university around bliss that have my program and cant do online..army have been fair to me but they have to let people get out once they are done with their obligation and kindly thank you for your advise
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SGT (Join to see) you are being allowed to get out once you're done with your obligation. You can still join the reserves. If your degree is just to become an officer you could switch it. If you only have two classes left you could probably even get a deferment. There is still OCS and ROTC available for routes to become an officer. Declining to reenlist will not injure you
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Please clarify. Is the report date after your ETS date? If so, it should be a none issue. You cannot report if you’ve ETS’ed. Sometimes the left hand of the Army isn’t talking to the right hand. I would hold off on signing the DCS Statement.
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Even if the report date is after the ETS date, as an enlisted Soldier you have to sign a dec because the Soldier can always change their mind.
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I won't argue with the folks who have already answered. They are smarter on this stuff than I. However I will say I find it VERY odd that branch would assign someone for a report date AFTER their ETS. I have seen reports three to four months prior plenty often, but assigning a Soldier who isn't even on the books for that point in time seems a bit odd.
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It actually happens all the time. The Soldier's ETS isn't of any concern to the branch. The Soldier either accepts the assignment and reenlists or declines to reenlist and continues to ETS as they were intending to already. There are no negative outcomes to the Soldier, most of the time the Soldier has been in their reenlistment window and had a chance to choose a duty station, and it allows the Soldier to be coded so as to avoid placing them on future assignments.
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Email or call your branch manager. If they wont delete the orders then you'll have to do the dec statement.
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I did and they pretty much just told me dec statement.. I was set on finishing the two classes left for my degree..its hard to pass those classes while active anc come back as an officer and thank you for your reply
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Deja Vu!
It happened to me back in 1996. As a n E5 with less than a year to ETS I got PCS orders to Korea. Since I already had an college admissions and everything ese squared away it didn’t bothered me but was obligated to sign a declination statement. I actually got an early separation for further education approved and a R3 code. I transitioned into the Reserves and three years later commissioned active duty thru ROTC.
Just make sure you got your duck
It happened to me back in 1996. As a n E5 with less than a year to ETS I got PCS orders to Korea. Since I already had an college admissions and everything ese squared away it didn’t bothered me but was obligated to sign a declination statement. I actually got an early separation for further education approved and a R3 code. I transitioned into the Reserves and three years later commissioned active duty thru ROTC.
Just make sure you got your duck
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SGT (Join to see)
That was my plan too.. finish my degree and come back as officer but the classes are hard to pass while active...lots of laboratory work... its just riveting.
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All you can do is contact your branch manager and explain your circumstance. Unfortunately, you have already indicating a willingness to stay at your station, change jobs etc. that is precisely why the policy is the way it is. Branch will not likely make an exception without some compelling reason. Thank you for your service.
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Thank you CSM. I will explore dec statement but sad part is I had already done SFL-TAP and all that..Its just that no University around bliss have the classes I need to finish my degree
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Be careful on signing DEC statements. They can come back to haunt you. Everyone has had an assignment they didnt want to go to. You will either have to suck it up or just Decline it. When are you going to ETS? If you have to stay at Bliss for a year or so, just do it and get it over with. There's a reason why military members are so respected, we do things we dont want to do out of selfless service.
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SGT (Join to see)
Thank you Sir.. just that I was planning on getting out and finishing my degree and get back as an officer ..my classes left are not offered by any university around bliss that's why...
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Dude. So you don't want to take an assignment to Fort Bliss. That is why you decline. SIGN THE STATEMENT, seperate, then seek a commission in the Reserves. Really Simple.
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