Posted on Sep 14, 2017
My wife is active duty Air Force and was given orders to Japan; I am in the Army reserves. Can I move with her?
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Yes. Talk to your career counselor, she'll get you in contact with a unit over there, and you can continue to drill.
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Thank you very much SGT ! We just found out and she will be happy to hear good news!
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There are numerous IMA positions in Japan. You could look at getting one of those.
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SMSgt Thor Merich
To further answer your question, you are sort of like her dependent. So I don't know why you couldn't go. Japan is not a hardship tour like other places.
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As long as she has "Accompanied" orders, yes you can. Now, being that you are Reserves, your options will be that you can either find a Reserve unit in that region with your MOS, enter the IRR for a spell, travel back and forth to your current unit, or you can RST with a unit that is willing to work with you on this. Step 1 for you is to get with your Career Counselor/Retention NCO and see if they can find a Reserve unit in Japan with your MOS.
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SGT Jim Arnold
SSG Livingston, my question is Why does the reserve unit need to have specific MOS assignments? me being only active duty I dont really understand that reasoning. When I came back from Korea they supposedly had 400-500 26v e-4's roaming Ft. Gordon, They had us working in the gym, lawn care field units even had 1 as the post commanders driver. They assigned me as a in processing clerk for basic trainees and assignments to AIT units. So, Why does there need to be a specific MOS assignment for a reserve unit ?
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SGT Jim Arnold - Reserve units work a tad different than Active Duty. Reserves are more restrictive when it comes to slotting Soldiers within the MTOE. Can a Soldier be put into a slot not of their MOS? Sure.....but it takes some serious paperwork, and then the unit itself will get hit on Metrics for having Soldiers Non DMOSQ.
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you should be able to request a form of transfer from your leadership and given your case it should almost certainly be approved my buddy was in the guard down in florida and due to family matters moved to a different state and his transfer process was relatively smooth good luck
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SSgt Boyd Herrst
I ‘m getting onto the back of a down-hill headed wagon. But would a o’seas move be handled differently than a conus move?
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If she is authorized an accompanied tour and you are on the orders. You may be able to transfer to an overseas reserve unit in Japan or Korea. I knew many Army Reservists in Korea that lived in Japan. Contact a unit there and see what they can do for you. You may be able to work out constructive credit.
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LTC Jason Mackay
SPC (Join to see) - i just googled USAR Japan and several units came up. Others recommend going through your career counselor to do this. Start there. It can be done, I watched people do it. If they don't help try getting a Japan or Korea based USAR unit to request you by name. There may be MOS slotting obstacles. Those are hard to get away from, but it is possible unless you have some crazy MOS.
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I am a 12N sir, thank you very much for putting sometime into this! I'll get in touch with my career counselor
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I recall (mostly Navy) but would presume there's a number of Army reservists out in Japan when I was frequently going there. They tended to be in "augment billets" and would drill with an active assigned unit. Their reserve command may be located in CONUS but that's just to cover the administrative stuff. There were few reserve units because the numbers could fluctuate and it's hard to stand up a unit without a consistent mission and staffing. Just remember your unit can be anywhere and your drill can be anywhere if that's how it's set up. Had several reservists doing their thing in Singapore, and Japan has much more opportunity. Your skillset looks interesting though. Public Works outfits are lead by MIL officers but the work is done by GoJ sponsored civilian employees and contracts, especially the later by contracts. So don't be surprised that what you do isn't exactly in your swim lane.
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SSgt Boyd Herrst
Could make it interesting or not .. and a probable learning experience
To add to your train’g jacket.. much good fortune to you !
To add to your train’g jacket.. much good fortune to you !
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You can move with her. You just need to speak with your CoC to see what options you have in continuing to serve. There might be a unit in Japan you can drill with.
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