What are some ways to correct having non participants in your unit?

2016-04-20T10:11:54-04:00

We have 20 people that just stopped coming to drill. What do we do? How can we get them back? How fast can we get them out if they don't want to be in the reserves anymore?

Response by CSM David Heidke made Apr 20 at 2016 10:22 AM

2016-04-20T10:22:22-04:00

Why aren't they coming? You need to figure that out. Each major command has a different policy and procedure for dealing with NPs. One way that will help accelerate the process is to cut AT orders for all of them to appear on a particular weekend. You need to plan that some will attend, but those who don't are able to be separated faster because now they haven't attended something they were ordered to.

Some NPs may be a reflection on the training though. Something you should look at. If you ask the Soldiers why, many times they will tell you. Then you can be proactive in minimizing NPs.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 20 at 2016 10:27 AM

2016-04-20T10:27:28-04:00

Please understand that I'm coming to this from a position of ignorance as I spent my entire career on active duty, but how is this a thing? Am I understanding that you're saying 20 some reservists from your unit have decided that they are not going to come to drill and that this is somehow not AWOL? In the active side of the house this would be a very simple matter to correct.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Apr 20 at 2016 10:56 AM

2016-04-20T10:56:26-04:00

WTH! No wonder we have so many problems. Use existing processes and act like professional service members.

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Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 20 at 2016 11:13 AM

2016-04-20T11:13:24-04:00

Call them. Send certified letters in the mail so they HAVE to sign for it (this way you will be notified the address is still valid), make personal visits. If all of the above fail to get them to return to their appointed place of duty, then the paperwork for processing them out for Unexcused absence should be pretty straight forward. Get with your Admin office to double check what the process is. As long as all your ducks are neatly lined up, then the process to kick them out should not take long.

Also, I recommend you speak with the JAG office to see what legalese needs to be followed.

Response by Capt Tom Brown made Apr 20 at 2016 12:20 PM

2016-04-20T12:20:12-04:00

1SG Private RallyPoint Member Good luck on this one which is also a subject near and dear to my old heart having been the cadre staff of a MC rifle company located in Orange, TX. We had many many no-shows and went crazy trying to get them back in the fold. Maybe offering them an alternate training day to cover their obligation if they would come in and do some work at the training center. We tried to contact them, assigned them to temporary active duty, declared them deserters, all in an attempt to get them back. Many of them lived way back in the swamps and coastal towns in LA and worked odd hours either in refineries, oil rigs, off shore and on fishing boats. We finally had to administratively discharge them and we always hated to do so because they didn't realize that a General Discharge was not going to help them in future years.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 20 at 2016 1:41 PM

2016-04-20T13:41:53-04:00

find out why, if its possible, process out the sm clearly voided the contract if it is multiple times, quit making excusses be the hard a## you need to be

Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 21 at 2016 12:51 AM

2016-04-21T00:51:32-04:00

Well, don't try a Code Red. You see what it did for Colonel Jessup!!!

Response by Capt Tom Brown made Jul 27 at 2016 5:43 PM

2016-07-27T17:43:39-04:00

1SG Private RallyPoint Member Wanted to follow up with you to see how things have worked out, one way or the other, since this was posted back in April. Has your unit made any progress in either getting people back to drill or in any of the other alternatives suggested in this thread. Best Regards,

Response by TSgt Aaron Smith made Apr 14 at 2018 5:10 PM

2018-04-14T17:10:13-04:00

Send hem an official notice preferably from the commander and give them a choice either show up or be processed out. My unit did it and eventually got rid of the dead weight.

Response by CW4 Craig Urban made Apr 4 at 2019 11:11 AM

2019-04-04T11:11:11-04:00

Just be yourself