I reenlisted for Korea. What is the probability that my unit will fence me for an upcoming deployment?

2018-03-25T16:50:31-04:00

I reenlisted for Korea, (with a report date of November 20th), in hopes of later bringing my family there on CSP. However my current unit is scheduled to deploy around October. My levy brief is May 2nd. I am expecting to go to NTC in June but I am planing to try and get an early report date, up to 60 days, so my children can start school in South Korea on time. I would also like to take up to 60days of leave in conjunction with PCS so I can see my family in the Philippines . What is the likelihood of my plans falling into place and what is the likelihood of my unit fencing me for the deployment?

If the original question is to dependent on "IFs" can anyone answer, to the best of their knowledge, what the likely outcome is if we only take my PCS date and my current units deployment into question?

Response by SSG Edward Tilton made Mar 25 at 2018 5:42 PM

2018-03-25T17:42:40-04:00

Sounds like a house of cards depending on a whole bunch of ifs.Good Luck

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 25 at 2018 6:17 PM

2018-03-25T18:17:18-04:00

So, your unit would have to have a pretty good request to branch to prevent you from PCSing. They would have to override big Army, and that is not easily done if your units numbers are good.

As for reporting early and taking 60 days of leave, you would need to have 120 days of leave to do that. Every day of your transition period must be accounted for, and you can't put your report date any earlier than what it says on your orders. Your losing unit is responsible for you until you sign in to your new unit, which means, if you take 60 days of leave, and say that you are going to report 60 days early, and they accept that, if you decide to not report early, that is on them, and would be free leave. So they aren't allowed to do that. Next, anything over 30 days needs a BN CDR approval, and at some point I'm assuming that a BDR CDR would need to sign off on something based on length, but I don't know the correct amount of days to tell you.

I hope this information helps you.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 25 at 2018 9:21 PM

2018-03-25T21:21:55-04:00

You can do a 4187 requesting to report 60 days early. By doing this you won’t have to use any leave to capture the 60days if approved. Next, if you reenlisted for your Korea assignment your unit can’t make you go on the deployment because you have a contract of enlistment for Korea. Next, 60days of leave must be approved by the BDE Cdr, however, if you don’t have 60days accumulated most won’t approve it. I hope this helps.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 25 at 2018 9:26 PM

2018-03-25T21:26:33-04:00

Also, you can request command sponsorship prior to going to Korea so your family can travel with you. If you do, you would need to start on that now. Send me an email and I can get you the info you need: [login to see]

Response by CSM Darieus ZaGara made Jun 14 at 2018 6:53 AM

2018-06-14T06:53:37-04:00

If I read this correctly both units will deploy andvyour requests would getvyou our if both? 60 days leavevis highly unusual, you can ask. Early report for family and school is possible, but early report with an extended leave may not addd up. You need to make these requests soon or run the risk that either unit will not support. My opening comment is meant to allow you to see how someone may view your request at first glance. Thank you for your service v

Response by LTC Ray B. (Ret) made Aug 5 at 2019 10:25 PM

2019-08-05T22:25:43-04:00

Just like every other soldier, put in your requests and hope you get what you want. If you want a guarantee buy a toaster. The military is request and then approved or denied, or adjustment.

Response by LTC Ray B. (Ret) made Aug 5 at 2019 10:27 PM

2019-08-05T22:27:32-04:00

Why are you not working through your unit on this? This is important and you have an S1 section that is trained to help you make these plans work.