Posted on Jan 27, 2022
What options exist for an active duty 11b who wants to be with a terminally ill family member (long-term)?
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My mother is terminally ill, and her doctors have informed me that, barring some kind of miracle, she will not be with us by my ETS date (active duty contract of 3yrs24wks and 4yrs reserve) which is in November 2024. What options do I have to either be chaptered out, reassigned to a duty station closer to central Illinois, or change to either reserve or national guard? I just graduated OSUT in December, went on HBL, arrived to pre rasp on a volunteer contract on 20220106, and was med dropped from rasp (not pre rasp) on 20220110 due to an upper respiratory infection, which I was not NTR’d for. I do not currently have my hard orders to my first duty station, and I would be willing to forfeit benefits of any kind due to already having a civilian job lined up, and having a college degree. Any help would be very much appreciated.?
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Did you talk to your leadership at all about this before you came onto this forum?
You could apply for a compassionate reassignment but you have to read through the regulation on it and see if you'd qualify for it but I don't think you would. AR 614-200.
Also - the doctors can't really guarantee when someone will die or how much time they have even if terminally ill.
You could apply for a compassionate reassignment but you have to read through the regulation on it and see if you'd qualify for it but I don't think you would. AR 614-200.
Also - the doctors can't really guarantee when someone will die or how much time they have even if terminally ill.
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SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA
Especially when the timeline given is measured in years. That leaves a wide margin for error.
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You can't "change" to a Reserve Component, anyone who tells you otherwise is giving you bad information.
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Don’t change your career goals for your mother that is closer to dying and I am pretty certain she would not want you to. Say you get out or get closer to her, you will not be spending every woke moment with her. You will have to get a job, you will have friends and maybe even a special someone. Mom dies and then what do you have? If you want Army do Army now. Some opportunities only come once if life however you will always have memories of what your Mom did for you and most moms don’t want you dropping everything in your life to come watch a disease take her life.
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