https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-should-i-do-if-i-run-my-own-business-and-i-get-called-for-active-duty <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I run a trucking business. Fri, 25 May 2018 17:48:32 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-should-i-do-if-i-run-my-own-business-and-i-get-called-for-active-duty <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I run a trucking business. SGT Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 25 May 2018 17:48:32 -0400 2018-05-25T17:48:32-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-should-i-do-if-i-run-my-own-business-and-i-get-called-for-active-duty?n=3660878&urlhash=3660878 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I strongly recommend that if that is a risk, you hire and train an assistant who can run your company in your absence. SGM Jeffrey Hall Fri, 25 May 2018 17:59:51 -0400 2018-05-25T17:59:51-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-should-i-do-if-i-run-my-own-business-and-i-get-called-for-active-duty?n=3660959&urlhash=3660959 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Go to duty or face being discharged. MSG Danny Mathers Fri, 25 May 2018 18:41:07 -0400 2018-05-25T18:41:07-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-should-i-do-if-i-run-my-own-business-and-i-get-called-for-active-duty?n=3660975&urlhash=3660975 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Find someone you can trust to run your business while you are gone MSG Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 25 May 2018 18:46:51 -0400 2018-05-25T18:46:51-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-should-i-do-if-i-run-my-own-business-and-i-get-called-for-active-duty?n=3661239&urlhash=3661239 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You should already have someone that is trained to take over in your absence. If not, you need to do this ASAP. Sgt Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 25 May 2018 20:53:24 -0400 2018-05-25T20:53:24-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-should-i-do-if-i-run-my-own-business-and-i-get-called-for-active-duty?n=3663296&urlhash=3663296 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Serving in the capacity of a Reservist, you must be prepared to exit your life and deploy. <br /><br />As a Sergeant, this should not be a foreign thought. I have conversations regularly with members of my unit about the constant re-evaluation of their ability to serve. This is why you cannot re-enlist for 20 years. Sometimes, life gets in the way of good folks. As a Reservist, your civilian job is what puts &quot;beans and taters&quot; on the family table. To be able to continue to serve, you have to be able to figure out how to leave your business for periods of time and live on the potentially lower salary of the military (none of us are doing this to become wealthy). If you cannot do that, you must either 1-find a non-deployable position (very rare, kind of like a unicorn) or 2-finish your time and separate.<br /><br />This is one of those tough life choices. Consider this. What would you say to one of your troops if this was brought to you?<br /><br />Best of luck CMSgt James Nolan Sat, 26 May 2018 19:06:26 -0400 2018-05-26T19:06:26-04:00 2018-05-25T17:48:32-04:00