Posted on Jul 14, 2016
Officers transferring from USAR to NG...is a memo required to be written? Any templates?
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Since it's federal to state is some form of federal resignation required? This is what I'm being told.
Army National Guard
Army Reserve Elements
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Officers regardless of type of service get federal authorized - so you don't want to resign - you will just find a new slot to go from the reserve to the guard. If you are in the AF it is a fairly easy process as long as you are not in a undermanned field - for the reserve and the guard is sitting fat with bodies in that field. Check with the units in the state that you are interested in to see what slots are open - don't give up - we had people ask for 3 years before they finally got a slot in the guard from the reserve. Good Luck
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I switched back and forth a couple times. You are not resigning your commission. In the National Guard, you have have a federal commission in the Army or Air Force reserve component and a state appointment in the Army or Air National Guard. The only time you would need to resign or retire is if you are going into a State Defense Force, like California State Military Reserve, Ohio Military Reserve or New York State Guard. (unlike NG, they have no federal status; many people who retire from the military like to join them)
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LTC (Join to see)
You will receive a state appointment usually with a nice certificate, suitable for framing, but you federal appointment continues.
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Travis,
Not sure where you are in the process, and I don't want to insult your intelligence, but here goes:
The unit you are transferring to will fill out a letter of acceptance, which along with the rest of your paperwork should be forwarded through their parent brigade and any other infrastructure your state has to the state OSM (Officer Strength Manager). Just talk to that unit's S1, and they should be able to point you in the right direction. That being said, you don't need to do anything except present the requested documents, there is no memo or anything you have to do that I know of. What documents you ask?
ORB
OERs
PT Card/Height Weight statement
Military Bio
Academic Evaluations (DA 1059s)
Security Clearance Statement
...Any other important stuff I may have missed.
Hope that helps.
Not sure where you are in the process, and I don't want to insult your intelligence, but here goes:
The unit you are transferring to will fill out a letter of acceptance, which along with the rest of your paperwork should be forwarded through their parent brigade and any other infrastructure your state has to the state OSM (Officer Strength Manager). Just talk to that unit's S1, and they should be able to point you in the right direction. That being said, you don't need to do anything except present the requested documents, there is no memo or anything you have to do that I know of. What documents you ask?
ORB
OERs
PT Card/Height Weight statement
Military Bio
Academic Evaluations (DA 1059s)
Security Clearance Statement
...Any other important stuff I may have missed.
Hope that helps.
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CPT Travis Pitcher
Yes, the thing is I've submitted everything you listed and yet now the commander of our RSC is requesting a memorandum of some kind outlining how I'm "resigning" from the federal side. Also I was told I would have to take a new oath of office with the Guard. None of which sounded correct to me. This is not the first time the packet has been kicked back only to have my S1 tell me I need something else included.
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MAJ (Join to see)
Oh, OK... on the USAR side. On the ARNG side, it's a conditional release, which we put on a DA 4187, stating why, where you're going, etc. I suppose you could put the same information in a memorandum on official DA letterhead.
Re: New Oath, yes. Not sure that you have to do a new federal oath, but you have to take the oath for the state. While on Title 32 status, your "Commander in Chief" is basically the Governor.
Edit: A few more bits of information for your memo - Your reason for leaving, your gaining unit, contact information for you and the gaining unit, a statement about you understanding you have to maintain contact with both USAR and ARNG through the process, a statement that if ARNG doesn't accept you, you're to stay in the USAR... I'm sure I'll think of more.
Re: New Oath, yes. Not sure that you have to do a new federal oath, but you have to take the oath for the state. While on Title 32 status, your "Commander in Chief" is basically the Governor.
Edit: A few more bits of information for your memo - Your reason for leaving, your gaining unit, contact information for you and the gaining unit, a statement about you understanding you have to maintain contact with both USAR and ARNG through the process, a statement that if ARNG doesn't accept you, you're to stay in the USAR... I'm sure I'll think of more.
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MAJ (Join to see)
... and to answer your question - I'm sure there's a template somewhere, but if I was you I'd just write it and submit it. Ideally they'd accept it, if not they would probably give you the template. Your RSC S1 isn't providing you a template?
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