What is the process taken to get out of an AD contract with a little over 2 years left and switching to NG, Reserves, or a general discharge?

you say you have a 'little over 2 years' to go on your enlistment....I was AF our shortest enlistment term was 4 years if that is also true in the Army ..simple math tells me that you have only been in for about a year and a half? ...not enough time to get any of the longer schools finished..or even get good at any of the shorter ones...so you are not progressing well and likely this is the first time you have had to confront that kind of situation.. Unless you do some thing bad ( illegal, or derilict your duties) barring a family catastrophy you arent getting out with any thing resembling a "good" discharge ( people with Admins have trouble getting jobs, BCDs are worse) ..I know you want facts not advice...facts are you can get out by robbing a bank , punching out your NCOIC... many ways ,most will end you in jail or with a stain on your name that you cannot erase...Palace Chases are a thing of the past ( when the AF was over manned in the 80's you could apply to do double time in you home state guard) the services are far from over manned these days...you signed a contract, behave like an ADULT and fulfill it....find one good thing a day and focus on it, do one thing the best you can every day and build on that ...."a little over 2 years" is too short of a time to mess up the next 60 years of your life over.....and this may sound corny..but go talk to a chaplain..some times just talking your feelings out with some one not in your chain can really give you some perspective..

There is no situation that would allow you to get out of your contract early and join the Reserve Component. The Voluntarily Early Separation Program was discontinued about 2 years ago. Your only option is to finish your enlistment and transfer into the Reserve Component at your ETS. If qualified, you can sign that RC contract 6 months out. Any situation that would cause your early separation would not qualify you for transfer into the RC.

Finish, your service. If I had a dollar for every new guy that didn’t like being in the Army I’d be a rich man. You got basically 1 year before you start the SFL TAP process. The only thing you can do to get out early is refuse to train which will get you into a good amount of trouble possibly ruining your record for when you finally separate as well as the loss of most if not all of your benefits.

Complete your contract obligation that you signed plain and simple.

Easiest way out is to do your time. Take a knee, drink water, and embrace the suck.

I'd stay in, I was separated from the army early for medical problems. Trust me army life is way better then civilian life.

Doesn’t work that way partner. Do your time.

You're thinking of Palace Chase. I'm not sure if it's offered any more. Google it.

Well, the General Discharge is easy enough to get but unless you really want to go down that negative path I would recommend that you contact a Guard or Reserve Recruiter. There are programs from time to time that allow Active Duty personnel to transfer to one of the reserve components. Just call them and find out if they are still available and if so if your qualified for one.

75 days prior to ets, get a conditional release from a guard recruiter. Find a unit having a slot on their UMR, for your MOS, and recruiter will be able to walkyou through the rest.