Posted on Jan 8, 2017
What regulation covers information stating that you can retire from active duty (w/ retirement pay) and join the National Guard?
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Sir,
If you retire from any Active Duty branch you are prohibited from rejoining the AR or NG you are coded as 4R on DD-214....with that being said the Army has an Retiree Recall for certain shortage jobs. I can get the exact regs for you tomorrow! Right now it's National Championship time!
If you retire from any Active Duty branch you are prohibited from rejoining the AR or NG you are coded as 4R on DD-214....with that being said the Army has an Retiree Recall for certain shortage jobs. I can get the exact regs for you tomorrow! Right now it's National Championship time!
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SFC A.M. Drake
RE-Code 4R applies to: A person who retired for length of Service with 15 or more years Active Federal Service (AFS)
Eligibility: Ineligible for enlistment
Eligibility: Ineligible for enlistment
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CW3 (Join to see)
Thanks for the response. I heard that "if" the unit really needs your MOS they can make acceptations to "hire" you as a retiree. However, thanks for the info.
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SFC A.M. Drake
CW3 (Join to see) - DA has the authority only to rescind your retirement and let you drill for points. On the HRC website you can view the "Retiree Recall" information.
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I always assumed that if I retired from active, but then joined Guard/Reserve that i would be cut off from retirement pay until around 65...in fact, that is why I am not in the Guard/Reserve
will be interested to read the responses...
will be interested to read the responses...
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SFC George Smith
When I Retired In '99 I Was Not Allowed To Go to The Guard Or Reserve... And Draw Retirement pay And "Drill Pay"
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SSG Roger Ayscue
SSG (Join to see) - wait till you get there and you MUST retire from the Active Force. I think all retirees consider this if at least for a fleeting second
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MSgt John McGowan
I tried to join the guard after I retired but they wouldn'the take me. This was in the 70th.
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There are limited situations where you can retire from active duty and then continue to serve in the Reserve Components. An example of why a member would do that is because he/she still wants to serve and can or to qualify for increased retired pay. An O-5 could receive a regular (active federal service) retirement, transfer to the Guard to accept a promotion to O-6, then qualify for a nonregular (RC) retirement and at age 60 (or less if he/she served qualifying time after 2008 in the RC) start collecting nonregular retirement pay as an O-6.
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