Is there a minimum time on station in the Navy in order to retire as an Officer?

LT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 13:58:00 -0400

I PCS'ed last month from CONUS sea duty in Virginia to CONUS shore duty in Florida. I did 36 months on the sea duty. I am eligible to retire in March 2021 and would like to do that, but have heard I have to do a minimum 24 months here since I PCS'ed.
Can anyone assist with an instruction?

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Oct 5 at 2019 2:41 PM

LTC Jason Mackay — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 14:41:54 -0400

I'm sure this is governed by federal law, but prior enlisted officers must have 10 years of active federal service to retire as an officer.

As far as time on station it is 12 months for the Army unless your orders specify something different. If you have 12 months on station and 10 years AFCS, recommend you drop your retirement request March 2020 so you can retire in March 2021. I would look hard at the acquisition of leave and reconsider to retire EOM September so you can rack up more leave, you may be able t accrue 90 days if you time everything just right which puts you out EOM June on terminal leave. This will make you unavailable to your branch manager/detailer for reassignment.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/6323

10 U.S. Code § 6323 - Officers: 20 years

In subsection (b) the words “or the Reserve Components thereof” are omitted because the terms “Navy”, “Marine Corps”, and “Coast Guard” include the reserve components. The words “including active duty for training” are omitted because the term “active duty” is defined in this title as including training duty.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Oct 5 at 2019 4:13 PM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 16:13:42 -0400

I have never heard that from the army perspective. 20 years is 20 years.

Response by LT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 6 at 2019 1:54 AM

LT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 01:54:21 -0400

MILPERSMAN 1301-106, Officer Distribution - time on station, paragraph 2n. Separation is an exemption for TOS requirements. Good luck!

Response by SP5 Joseph Ascanio made Oct 11 at 2019 6:47 AM

SP5 Joseph Ascanio — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 06:47:51 -0400

Once you have your 20 year letter you can retire but make sure you get that letter.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 26 at 2020 1:39 PM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:39:47 -0500

You can submit your retirement request in NSIPS once you have been at your current PDS for at least 12 months.
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