If I do a DD-368, is TX an easier state to get released from than other states?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:01:43 -0400

I am currently assigned to the TX NG. I IST'd here from TN NG in February. I ETS Aug 17, 2019. I have every intention of attempting to go active when I ETS. I am in a CSSB and am not MOS Q for the slot I'm in and can't go to reclass due to ETS date. I have been advised to do a DD-368. Is TX an easier state to get released from than other states? Thanks in advance!

Response by MAJ Javier Rivera made Apr 17 at 2019 6:27 PM

MAJ Javier Rivera — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:27:52 -0400

Start the process since, as you stated, by mid summer your contract expires. Your command team, hypothetically speaking, shouldn’t hold you since it counts towards their Non-Qual numbers; a bad thing for statistics. Worst case scenario.... begin your process in late July!!!!!

Response by SGM Jeff Mccloud made Apr 18 at 2019 8:08 AM

SGM Jeff Mccloud — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 08:08:02 -0400

You will ETS in 121 days.
If you submit a DD 368 today it would probably take that 60-90 days to get to your G1 anyway, where they will notice your ETS and also say that you can just get out in August.
Approving a 368 to release you a month early isn't worth your effort or theirs.

Just start talking to an active component recruiter now about signing a contract with them on 18 August. Clear your unit supply and CIF by June or July and do your active contract in August.