Posted June 16, 2015 9:51 am by Comments

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Daniela Vestal, U.S Army Human Resources Command Public Affairs:

The re-enlistment opportunity window for Soldiers, which previously ran from 15 months to 90 days before their separation from the Army, has been temporarily suspended, but only for Soldiers with a separation date through Sept. 30.

A Soldier’s window for re-enlistment now runs from 15 months before their separation, up to the actual date they leave the Army to retain quality Soldiers.

Before this suspension, a Soldier had to make the decision to re-enlist by the time they were 90 days away from completing their contract. If the Soldier changed their mind within this window, they were required to submit an exception to policy.

Once the exception was submitted through the first colonel in the Soldier’s chain of command, it would then go to U.S. Army Human Resources Command, or HRC, for adjudication, said Sgt. Maj. Vickie Rivera, retention and reclassification sergeant major for the Enlisted Personnel Management Directorate at HRC.

The process often took several weeks, Rivera said. With this new 90-day window suspension, a Soldier will only need to speak with their commander and first …read more

Source:: Tactical Life

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