What AR covers officer mandatory extensions? Is my unit required to notify me in writing?

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:55:39 -0400

There's a rumor circulating that all officers in my State had our contracts changed to reflect an 8 years reserve service obligation rather than the six active/two IRR we originally signed up for. I understand the Army is well within its rights to do so and I'm not refuting that, but it seems odd that we at the very least wouldn't have something uploaded in our IPERMS to reflect that. I've just about exhausted my google fu trying to come up with an answer, so any help would be awesome.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Aug 31 at 2020 5:32 PM

SGM Bill Frazer — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:32:40 -0400

Rumors are like A#$%HOLES LT, they all smell. Got a problem contact the unit or your S1.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 31 at 2020 5:49 PM

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:49:16 -0400

AR 135-91 Table 2-1.
What you are talking about, entire 8 year period in a unit is only a requirement for ROTC with a scholarship.

What state is this?

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 31 at 2020 6:06 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:06:22 -0400

You should contact your Unit Personnel/S1 Office and confirm. I was not aware that someone can be involuntarily extended from a contract (I'd think this would be from an ROTC Scholarship) and not OCS, since OCS Officers don't incur any additional service obligation, beyond if they attend Basic Officer Course or an active duty Captain's Career Course.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 31 at 2020 9:37 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 21:37:52 -0400

I haven't seen such a directive in black and white extending us to the full 8 years, but a more practical approach I've seen being used is pushing to the bottom of the administrative pile are IRR requests. It should't take 6-12 months to process an IRR but that seems to be the case.

They don't need a command directive, they just simply don't release to you the IRR. Soldiers do what ever they want, and at the end of the day the Readiness Matrix looks just as good if the soldier attends or not. A way commanders can "float" the limbo process of getting into the IRR is simply given excused absences.

Now with Virtual BA's it all seems moot, and the challenge is for those who care that they get enough points for a good year.