Posted on Apr 28, 2021
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I have asked senior leadership and S1. Just looking for clarification
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I guess nobody answered this.

Initial Term Soldiers don't have a YMAV, it's so your branches don't generally move you, instead they wait for you to reenlist to move yourself.
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Thank you very much. I found this answe in the FAQs. If my initial is a 6 year , do i have to stay at this duty station?
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SSG (Join to see) yes an no. The goal for initial term Soldiers is for them to reenlist for their next duty station. Most people take the minimum enlistment term and there are only a few MOS's like Aviation come in for five years and they do stay at one location for five years so that they can develop their technical skills.

You will have to contact your branch manager to move. Their rules are you have to have three years on station to your next report date. They also might go by the rule that they don't move initial term Soldiers.

Another plan of attack is you only have to have one year on station for training. If there is training that your MOS needs, like Airborne or an ASI, your branch send you TDY enroute to a new duty station. You don't get to pick the follow on assignment though.

Finally, there is volunteering for high priority assignments or broadening assignments. For the broadening assignments, you will usually need to have been rated as a SGT for at least one year. Drill, recruiting, and instructor are the most common at your rank.

There are high priority and nominative assignments you can volunteer for as well. 75th Ranger, JSOC, SOLCE, AWG, SFAB, 160th, Delta, are all assignments you can apply for. Some assignments like Korea or deploying units will be high priority and the branch manager can slate them off of the manning cycle. Special Forces Command is not a high priority assignment, it is just another Airborne assignment.
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