https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-likely-is-it-to-be-placed-on-assignment-with-5-months-between-your-deros-and-ets <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m debating on reenlisting but can&#39;t determine anything just yet. I will have 5 months between my DEROS and my ets. I&#39;ve been told previously that I&#39;m definitely not going to be placed on assignment. Today I was told that I will be put on assignment and they will force me to extend, reenlist, or sign a DEC statement. How true is any of this? Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:17:22 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-likely-is-it-to-be-placed-on-assignment-with-5-months-between-your-deros-and-ets <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m debating on reenlisting but can&#39;t determine anything just yet. I will have 5 months between my DEROS and my ets. I&#39;ve been told previously that I&#39;m definitely not going to be placed on assignment. Today I was told that I will be put on assignment and they will force me to extend, reenlist, or sign a DEC statement. How true is any of this? SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:17:22 -0500 2017-01-31T12:17:22-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-likely-is-it-to-be-placed-on-assignment-with-5-months-between-your-deros-and-ets?n=2299940&urlhash=2299940 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It is highly possible that you can be put on orders even though you are 5 months out. And yes, if you are put on orders, you will have to extend, re-up or sign that dec statement. MSG Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:59:02 -0500 2017-01-31T12:59:02-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-likely-is-it-to-be-placed-on-assignment-with-5-months-between-your-deros-and-ets?n=2299949&urlhash=2299949 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yep! There is truth to this. It would have happened to me, but I was not on Orders at the time due to having less than 6 months from my DEROS (South Korea, 2012.) Had to extend my DEROS to my Terminal Leave date. SPC John Lebiecki Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:00:02 -0500 2017-01-31T13:00:02-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-likely-is-it-to-be-placed-on-assignment-with-5-months-between-your-deros-and-ets?n=2300006&urlhash=2300006 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>&quot;Today I was told that I will be put on assignment and they will force me to extend, reenlist, or sign a DEC statement&quot;<br />That is a VERY common likelihood. <br />As in, so common, anything else is rare. SGM Erik Marquez Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:13:00 -0500 2017-01-31T13:13:00-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-likely-is-it-to-be-placed-on-assignment-with-5-months-between-your-deros-and-ets?n=2300489&urlhash=2300489 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="193649" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/193649-68w-healthcare-specialist-combat-medic">SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member</a> That&#39;s basically the Army&#39;s way of making you to take a decision about your future in the Army or outside the service SFC Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:19:11 -0500 2017-01-31T16:19:11-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-likely-is-it-to-be-placed-on-assignment-with-5-months-between-your-deros-and-ets?n=2301586&urlhash=2301586 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Damn Near impossible... 180 days out You should Be Flagged from deployments... and Schools... SFC George Smith Tue, 31 Jan 2017 23:56:03 -0500 2017-01-31T23:56:03-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-likely-is-it-to-be-placed-on-assignment-with-5-months-between-your-deros-and-ets?n=2521441&urlhash=2521441 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It&#39;s 100% possible to be put on assignment and receive orders even though you&#39;re going to be ETSing. This exact thing happened to me right before I ETSed. The Army still needs to roll along with regular operations regardless of your indecisiveness, so they&#39;re going to prepare for their best case scenario: PCSing you. I ended up being put on orders within 3 months of my terminal leave start date. I had my terminal leave signed, my packet already turned in, and had my sample DD-214 in hand. I ended up having to go to the retention NCO and signing a declination of continued service statement in order to cancel my orders and appropriately ETS. SGT Charles Napierala Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:24:11 -0400 2017-04-25T15:24:11-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-likely-is-it-to-be-placed-on-assignment-with-5-months-between-your-deros-and-ets?n=5401543&urlhash=5401543 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>How likely, very. As stated in other comments, it&#39;s part of the system. But rather than worry about that, I suggest that you do two things. 1. Make up your mind who you want to be. Decide now that you want to be a Soldier. 2. Take charge of your career, make smart choices that put you in the driver&#39;s seat when it comes to any future DEROS or ETS questions. It&#39;s your life not ours, so you need to take control of it and reenlist now for the assignments, occupation specialties, and other benefits you are looking for. Make it a career, and make it yours. SGT Richard Gocio Wed, 01 Jan 2020 13:49:28 -0500 2020-01-01T13:49:28-05:00 2017-01-31T12:17:22-05:00