What is the right way for an officer to request to get out of the National Guard?

2017-05-10T12:18:52-04:00

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 10 at 2017 12:58 PM

2017-05-10T12:58:31-04:00

I was transferring to the Army Reserve so all I had to do is write a memorandum requesting to go to the irr and the Idaho Office of the adjutant General did it fairly quickly. You can also do this if you get promoted to Captain but the National Guard won't let you get promoted you can go in the irr get promoted then come back in. If I knew that, I could have been promoted to Captain two years earlier. Then I remembered looking at my promotion information because I put it for a promotion delay when I should just have requested going into the irr.

Response by SGT John C. made May 10 at 2017 9:08 PM

2017-05-10T21:08:35-04:00

You would have to work that through the Chain of Command. As an Officer your options are not like mine. It also depends on how you achieved your commission I believe. Also do you have any "hidden" obligations such as an agreement to serve a certain number of years in exchange for your ROTC/College education? If so these may need to be recovered before you will be allowed to resign your commission.