Is an Army COC in any way obligated to assist a Soldier, who requests a transfer, in locating an open position at another unit?

CPT Chris Loomis — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 20:29:56 -0500

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2016 8:42 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 20:42:20 -0500

On the enlisted side the NCO can pull the Reqs in EDAS to see what is available. Is it required.... No. Though our job is to help the soldiers in the unit.

Response by SGM Erik Marquez made Dec 2 at 2016 8:45 PM

SGM Erik Marquez — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 20:45:18 -0500

Response by 1SG Al Brown made Dec 2 at 2016 8:50 PM

1SG Al Brown — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 20:50:35 -0500

The COC that requests would be obligated to provide a projected position line number, which results in travel orders, report date, etc. They wouldn't be able to request a Soldier without a viable position on the manning roster. The losing COC will facilitate the clearing and release. I'm not a admin person, but this is how individual augmentees are procured.

Response by SPC Erich Guenther made Dec 3 at 2016 2:55 AM

SPC Erich Guenther — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 02:55:24 -0500

If the unit your in is overstrength, then I would say YES and that has been the business practice of some Army National Guard unit leadership as well as assisting the younger troops that just arrived from AIT in selecting a MOS to reclass to. If they are not overstrength then I would say NO and your on your own. If the unit is changing it's makeup to a new MOS and your old MOS is becomming obsolete then again I would say NO and finding a new unit is your issue if you want to hold onto the old MOS. So it depends.

The only case I can think of which I would say YES is the ubiquitous case of the effed up National Guard Unit Manning Roster (UMR) and no fault of the troop they were accidently sent to the wrong AIT training.......which happened to my Nephew, BTW........and he had to reclass four months after graduating Infantry OSUT and had to repeat AIT for a new MOS. If it was me I would have been pissed but he handled it professionally. His Infantry unit CoC helped him with the MOS selection as well as unit transfer.

Response by 1SG Darren James made Jan 14 at 2017 1:10 AM

1SG Darren James — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 01:10:50 -0500

The Chain of Command is better equipped to figure this out than a lone Soldier, though it can be done. I've seen places basically check out on a Soldier that doesn't want to stay in its ranks, and that's the wrong answer. It would go a long way if more units helped Soldiers with transfers and moves like this. Is the CoC directly obligated? No. But it does go to the welfare of the Soldier, so I'd always take that on.