How can I determine if I am eligible for an inter-service transfer?

PVT(P) Aaron M. M. Bryant - Just curious why you want to move? 11 Series is a good MOS, if your tired of the road marches and ruck sacks you should go for the ITAS TOW Missile support in the Heavy Weapons company. Less road marching and you would be on whatever the replacement for the Humvee is called. Last I checked 101st still had the TOW in a seperate section but staffed by 11B's. Can say for Scout or Cav units though. Heavy Weapons is Delta Company in the 101st.

SPC Erich Guenther
Just wanted to try a different branch from my family, though thinking about it I should have went with my first mind and joined right away. But I don't mind being infantry it's what I always wanted. Plus I like rucking (with M4/SAW).

So you say you could simply transfer right over to another branch right after your ETS? I'm being told thatag isnt possible, you would have to release entirely from one branch, sit around civilian side for some time, then enlist with another branch. I like what you're saying though, how is this carried out? If there a certain form that will guarantee in writing that you can just pickup your 2and contract with your next branch/MOS?

SGT (Join to see) - There is a Form DD-368 Conditional Release. Have only read about how it works from Active Marine Corps to Active Army and that was 2007-2010. Might have changed since then. Had a Jarhead post online about how it worked. He got the DD-368 signed by his chain of command PRIOR TO SEPERATION. Enlisted into the Army while still Active Marine Corps. So towards the end of his enlistment he cleared the Marines and turned in his Marine equipment, then while on travel orders still on Active Duty he flew to an Army Post and was issued Army Equipment and Uniforms, then another flight to his replacement unit. Never left Active Duty and poof direct transfer to the Army. Now the Army has a rule with Marines or they did back then that the Marines from Active Duty did not have to go through Army Basic Training and they could skip AIT if the MOS was similar. In this case he was going Marine 0311 Rifleman to Army 11B. So the MOS was close enough that the Army deemed no additional training was necessary. However the rules are different for the Navy to Army transfers. In the case of the Navy your first unit would be a training unit for your Army MOS because the Army does not recognize Navy basic training. But your experience prior might be similar. You have to ask your retention NCO or whatever they are called in the Navy. He should be able to point you in the right direction if he does not know the answer. For the OP he probably would have done the same thing with uniforms but flown to Marine Boot Camp while on travel orders and done the Active Army to Active Marine switch. If he enlisted prior to ETS and did the form 368. Now the downside is the 368 states that it is conditional and if the Marines cannot find an open slot for you within a 45-90 day period of release (forget which it is), your release is null and void and you return back to whatever service you attempted this ..................not sure what that means for your new enlistment though. Is it torn up or are you forced to abide by it back with your old service? Beats me.