Posted on Sep 26, 2019
Can an Army Reserve unit block my transfer to another unit?
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I’m in the army reserves and I am accepting a new job that will require me to live almost 800 miles away from my current unit. There is a unit within commuting distance from my new location that is the same MOS. With this said my question is: can my current unit prevent me from switching units? They mentioned that they expect to mobilize in 2 years.
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Army Reserve Unit Administrator
Posted 5 y ago
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Yes they can block it....per say. The Commander is not required to approve the transfer request. If the Commander for your current unit needs you in that slot, then you will be staying put. I forgot to add that your transfer request, when submitted, still needs to run thru ALL the channels it is supposed to run thru. It doesn't stop at your unit Commander's desk. Or rather, it's not supposed to stop there.
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You are correct it should go up to the first full bird for approval in the chain of command, we had an LTC that was sitting on transfer request and he got slapped pretty hard by IQ and the higher command for not moving them up.
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Take a look at AR 140-10.
Your unit is not the approval/disapproval level for this kind of transfer.
And a deployment two years from now is not a good enough excuse.
A deployment less than six months from now might be,
Your unit is not the approval/disapproval level for this kind of transfer.
And a deployment two years from now is not a good enough excuse.
A deployment less than six months from now might be,
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Most units let you transfer when you move that far away, not sure why they would want to block someone, plus 2 years out is plenty of time to get a replacement, hell I was cross leveled out of my unit in 2014 and sent 5 hours away to another unit because when they came down on orders all those who could retire, dropped packets and got out.
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