Generals Want Rumsfeld to Resign

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BTW you said you were issued a DD214 when you left active duty. I was under the impression they weren't handed over until IRR was finished

yeah i got my DDform 214 after i outprocessed my final base. I dont remember if i walked out the gate with it, or they mailed it to my HOR. But know i HAD my DDform 214 because i couldnt get a job without it, or so was my understanding.

As for the certificate of discharge.. that came later. I've sat here thinking about it trying to remember because i have two of them on my wall....


When you go active reserve, it releases you from your prior contract and you sign a new one. So they issue you the certificate of discharge, right there on the spot. You get a second certificate later (without a DDFORM 214) after you finish your term in the active reserves, releasing you from THAT contract.


I think time in DEP counts towards your 4 year inactive requirement too.
:hmm: At any rate, im pretty sure if you do 2 year's active reserve, your not required to do the 4 year inactive IRR. Primarly because to go active reserve, they have to release you from your prior contract. So i never did the yearly weigh ins. I just played weekend warrior for a couple years and said to hell with it. Just wasn't the same as active duty.

edit:
Come to think of it, im not sure if 2 years active reserves releases you from the 4 year IRR requirement or not now. See, i had 1 year under DEP, and then i had my enlistment extended a year because i was overseas. So i acutally had 5 years active duty and 1 year IRR under dep. So i only had 2 years left over anyway when i got out. *shrug*