Is it possible to reenlist with an RE-4 (honorable discharge)?

All hope is not lost. If you feel the RE-4 code was overly harsh you can appeal it. Each service has a five-member board whose sole job it is to review military records on appeal. For the navy it is The Board for Correction of Naval Records. File an appeal with them and if they agree that your code was too harsh, they may upgrade your reentry code from RE-4 to RE-3 which in some cases may be waivable. If, on the other hand, they disagree with you, you're stuffed. I would advise getting professional legal help on this because you only get one shot and you want it to stick.
Good luck.

Yes I wasn't thinking when I screwed up and signed the form accepting the RE-4. The CWO 3 of personel and I didn't see eye to eye. He wanted me to make E-4 before I was discharged. He said since I didn't have the incentive to make rank I didn't deserve to take up space in the military. I became discouraged a year or so earlier by a dirty trick by the Yeomans on my ship that caused me to miss being eligible for the yearly service wide. So by the time the next service wide would come around I'd have less than a year of active duty left. So he felt I was a burden on the military. The guy that I replaced was discharged at the rank of E-3.

Go national guard after 2 years it will change

I have an re4 with general honorable discharge for using a govi vehicle off base. It was a he said she said scenario where my oic stated he never told me I could use it off base while on TAD orders for two weeks, which he absolutely did. They scared the hell out of me by saying that if I didn’t say otherwise I could get court marshaled and serve jail time. So I said “I take responsibility” at my captains mast. Then they sent me packing. Anything I can do? This was in 2010. I was a really good corpsman.

what's the rest of the story? You re enlisted after bad credit....then after you re enlisted was told you were out? Seems like there is more to the story here. RE-4 is a "No". Perhaps write your congress person with documents to back you up...good luck

I find this topic of discussion very interesting. I enlisted in the U.S. Army January, 1st, 2007. My name is Clinton Armstrong, I was a 19D Cavalry Scout. I did both my basic and A.I.T. (OSUT training) at Ft. Knox Kentucky. 20 years old, signed up for the wrong reasons. I enlisted because my older brother did. Clayton Armstrong, (my older brother) was 11C infantry, and was a pretty decelerated soldier considering. Served about six years, did one tour in Korea, and two tours in Iraq. He was an E-5 before he was honorably discharged...

I myself was on active duty from January, 1st, 2007 until March, 14th, 2008 (not very long). I was stationed up with 25th I.D. Stryker Brigade, in Ft. Wainewright, AK.

The reason for my honorable discharge is because I had a really hard time adapting to the environment, and military stressors. I was diagnosed with a manic depressive bi-polar disorder (which isn't even in the manual anymore for mental health disorders anymore). We were doing a field training exercise out in the field, and I basically lost my composure. Not making excuses for myself. At 20 years old, in the heart of Alaska, during the winter season, I lost myself. I was unfit for active duty. I was honorably discharged with RE-4 enlistment code.

Since then, my road to recovery has been a slow and steady process. My progress is on the up and up though if I do say so myself. I currently live on my own in a cabin out in the woods of Vallecitio, CO. I'm utilizing the post 911 G.I. bill to go to school at Southwest Colorado Community College (a division school of Pueblo Community College) in Durango, CO. I currently have a 3.2 G.P.A., and I'm studying history. You probably wont believe this but for the past two years, I've been working fulltime, and going to school part-time. I'm currently taken a class U.S. History that has really "OPENED MY EYES".

I've been out of the U.S. Army and active duty service for 10 years now coming up on March 14th. I feel like I've grown a lot since then, and while I'll admit that in the beginning of my discharge and transition back to civilian life I was in a bit of denial and stubborn... Up until Recently, the past six months I've been taking my life very seriously, and I plan on seeing about getting a code upgrade after I get my Associates degree. I guess the question that I have for you guys is. What are my chances of getting back in?

RE 4 on your 214 will not allow returning to any service. It could be dependant on the reason for discharge, but not likely.

NO. You have to get the discharge upgraded through the board of Corrections of Military Records.

I also have an RE4 honorable discharge from 23 years ago. I am a registered nurse now and would like to find out if there is any way possible of getting this changed. I was in the Navy, I told them I was doing drugs, and they let me out....unfortunately I had no idea what would happen in my future and that I would want to go back in. Any advice is welcome. P.S. I never had a positive drug test, there was never proof that said I was actually doing drugs, because I wasnt.

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