Should an Officer who was non-selected for promotion, and discharged at 16 years of service, reenlist to finish their 20?

First off it is what you want to do...second if you re enlist..can they guarantee 4 years...you can get 6 or 8 years ..or if you do...you would be what they call " needs of the army" meaning. The army can send you anywhere they want. 4 years left..if you go civilian job like GS..you can buy all that time back and have less civilian or federal time to make ot to retirement. Needs of the army , is not what you want ....like senior NCO SFC MSG SGM..CSM..Those are needs of the army spots...But it is definitely a " come to jesus" conversation if you have family and kids and pcs vs. Ets. If you get out..I don't know what resigning your commission does for retirement or anything... it's just might be a " shit or get off the pot" moment as the infantry would say.. as an SGT ..i can just give you my opinion.

That's a tough one to answer and only you can truly answer. To me, it would depend on the field you are or trying to get into. For example: if you're IT with a degree certs and experience, getting out at anytime is a no brainer because after a few years, your earning potential can exceed 150K, meaning a small, 1500-2000 pension is not that much. A 4 yr headstart would have you exceeding what you would make if with a military pension, if you wait to start a new career after 20 yrs.

Absolutely! This is your chance to find a reserve unit where you can get promoted! I served 6 years in the Navy. I was at a career impass as far as I was concerned. I left and joined the Army Reserve. I wet to Officer candidate school, while finishing my degree. I retired with 20 years as a Captain. Now I am 60 and starting my retirement pay. I am so glad I did not give it up! $2000 a month is awesome when you get to this age. You will make more because of your length of active duty service. Don't give up now! You only need 4 years. Don't let all those years of service go to waste!!! Get those benefits you worked for for all those years!!

Absolutely, the benefits far exceed the four years of enlisted duty. Thank You for your Service.

YES. It is what you do not know that will get you. Right after retiring I became ill. Since 96 I have lived with a 6 months to 3 years sentence because of the illness. The Tricare coverage pays out more than my retired pay. My Express-Scripts runs 2K a month. With a 70/30 split like normal insurance I would be dead. You can only go bankrupt every 7 years. Stay and pray.

As long as they are eligible for enlistment then there's no reason they shouldn't. They can do at least the 4 years if not more and will retire at the highest rank they held.

As Major Garbarini states, Absolutely, these days, a few extra bucks coming into your pocket is certainly nothing to shun. Hurry up and do the time; retirement is good. There are wonderful adventures to get into.

I say go back in and finish the 4 years. May not get grandfathered into the old retirement system.

How else is the Reserves and National Guard going to get their broken down, useless, sleeping on the job, angry, no PT, mental patient, blue falcon, epitome of the green weenie, disgruntled, toxic leadership if they don't pick up on the officer corps that has been tossed away and discharged from Active Duty? Things would certainly be a lot less interesting if we actually didn't have to worry about that one or two officers who seem to make every day a challenge, make meetings last hours longer, deny, deny, deny, send out those amazing long emails that can take weeks to decipher, question everything but their own authority and bring their amazing ability to drop in as the 'good idea fairy' and then wander off, having sewn the seeds of chaos to disappear for another half day to get a cup of coffee. What would the Army be then?

Why not? He wasn't discharged with the Big Chicken Dinner, Dishonorably or under other than honorable conditions. If he is willing to put up with the politics and the BS than he deserves to be able to serve to complete his 20 years.