How to ask for discharge and be able to get back in?

Question

heres the deal some things have come up with my family and with myself and i cant leave on my ship date now i asked to be rolled back but since the navel year ends in oct its not possible at least thats what my recruiter told me

so i need info and opinion i still want to be in the navy and serve i just cant now

so if i ask for a discharge what should it be and will i be able to get back in?

Or should i just leave now....

i need info on discharges and how to get back in and im having issues finding it so help please

and i also like to know how long my ASVAP score is good for.....

i need all ifo y'all can dig up

thanks

Answer 1

If you have not left for any training yet you are not "in" the Navy. You are considered in the Delayed Entry Program. You are not in the Navy until you have started training and they have started paying you. Your recruiter is telling you that it is not possible because the year ends 9/30/08 at midnight and the new year begins 10/01/08 at 12:00:01. He will also have to take you as a loss. That means that he has to make up for you not shipping by putting an extra body in. It messes with his recruiting numbers.

You will be excluded from joining for a period of time but I am not sure if it is 90, 120 or 180 days, you would have to ask the recruiter. As for the ASVAB it is good for a year after the date taken.

As far as an issue preventing you from shipping, that is a tough call. Your family will have to learn to get along with out you whether it is now or later. Unless you went and got pregnant or you did drugs and will come up hot on your urinalysis, then I would suggest you go. You can best help your family by helping yourself.    

Answer 2

ASVAB Score is good for two years.

DEP Discharge usually does not affect anything in your future.

Before you do anything, think about what your issues really are, and if you being present will really help things.  If you are a teenager, will having another mouth to feed help your family?  If you are a parent, will postponing the start date of your insurance help your family?

I don't mean to minimize your problems, but after deploying to a combat zone, most of the issues that I see from 17 year olds are pretty darn trivial  The 30 year olds don't do much better.

As long as you give your recruiter plenty of notice they should be able to push back your ship date; you may have to give an ultimatum, as in: "change my ship date, or I DEP loss."

If your recruiter is not hearing you, bring your parents in, or ask to speak to his boss; or write a letter, and give it to his boss.

From what I've seen, there are plenty of folks who would love to ship on your date, and it shouldn't be a problem.

Your Recruiter is also a leader, and as such he may even have advice about how your problem can be resolved, even with you shipping as planned.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

until you are sworn, you can walk at any time, join another branch if you want. Join USAF the life is much better

Answer 4

navel? as in oranges?

ASVAP?  WTF? ASVAB!

YOU need to ship out or get into trouble!

Answer 5

I think asvabs are good for 2-3 years, but if you have not signed sworn into actual military service (not the dep oath) you can back out at anytime, regardless of what the recruiters tell you.  you wont be discharged because technically you have not been sworn in.  

Answer 6

If you want a partial explanation of the law on this case, ask to speak to the recruiters boss and/or a JAG (lawyer).  If your getting the run around, make sure you speak to an officer.  

First off... you are not actually "in" until you ship and are sworn in at the location where you being "boot camp".  However, you have made a contract and some of it is binding.  While you wont get any type of discharge from where you are at, you dont want to leave all of this with any bad taste in your mouth.  

You are going to need to explain what your family situation is.  Prove to them that its temporary and the reasons behind it.  Let them know that you will walk if that is their stance.  You have 4 other services to think of that will take you.

All military services want you to be successful.  However, they have supply / demand problem.  At this point, you are an important number and they want to make sure your not backing out.  Additionally, they have a mission at hand that sometimes will come before "family needs" in "their" eyes.  

However, once your in, if you had a situation like this come up, you could end up tarnishing your chance at any city, state, federal job if you end up "quitting" and getting a dishonorable discharge.

Let me know if you have any other questions via email!

Answer 7

First of all it's the fiscal year (not the Naval year) and it ends on September 30th. Not in October. Secondly, contact your recruiter and tell him to drop you. You haven't yet taken your oath of enlistment so you are not in the Navy yet. You are a civilian waiting to go into the Navy.

As to whether you can reapply for enlistment in the Navy at some future date, that will be entirely up to the Navy. They might decide you are not worth the paperwork and the trouble after backing out once in the past.