Posted on Aug 20, 2015
Were I afforded the privilege to retire after 20 years of active service, could I serve in the Reserves?
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I served for 6 years in the Reserves prior to being full time AD. If I am afforded the privilege of a 20 year retirement, would I be allowed to continue to serve as an Army Reserve officer? From my time in the Reserves I know of SMs who drilled for points but not pay. Is it possible to draw a pension from full time active service and still volunteer for drill in the Army Reserve? If so, how? If not why not? To the later question, why would the Reserves not value my experience and want me as a contributor especially if I were willing to do it for free?
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While I admire your wanting to continue to serve. But,why did you retire. Why didn't you just transfer to a reserve unit? Of course you would then have to wait until 60 to collect your retirement
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Because you would occupy a slot that a long serving reservist would appreciate being promoted to!
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I'm not sure of how it works for active component moving over to reserve, but I know of some active guard reserve (AGR) members that have deferred drawing their 20 active duty retirement to be a traditional drilling member. I'm not sure what happens after they're forced into retirement later on, but I know of a COL that was AGR had 20 or more active years, and then reverted to drilling status and becoming a civil service technician (GS15 I believe) as a General Officer. You might have to do some research on this, since it's not very common or at least from my experience.
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Not an option, but the Civil Air Patrol Chaplaincy is. I did it for several years. Check it out.
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