Originally posted by Keddrick Corday Thompson:
Obviously I don't want a transfer then. I'm well aware I can transfer after the mobilizing...which is not my point. I cant afford and dont need to go. Based on my essential Civilian employment and personal life obligations and duties
I understood your point, you're trying to find a way to where you would not have to do the deployment... Thus be able to remain engaged in your civilian employment and community activities.
My points? That you're most likely going to deploy and to complete the deployment, with all other factors being equal. The justifications that you provided me are not strong enough to justify transferring to the IRR or to the Standby Reserve. Both options, based on your obligation statement, would result in a reduction in rank. So would a transfer to another TPU.
Your only hope is that your unit stands up a rear detachment and assigns you to its battle roster. However, if you're not on the battle roster for the rear detachment, you're going to be mobilized for the duration of the deployment.
You have to make sacrifices either way. Don't want to lose your rank? You're going on that deployment. Are you willing to remain engaged with your employer, community, and family? Then you will sacrifice your current rank to transfer to another TPU in order to remain. If you're not willing to make that sacrifice, then you're deploying.
The justifications that you provided me lend themselves to a TPU to TPU transfer. Not to an IRR transfer. For an IRR or Standby Reserve transfer, you'll need signed, under oath, affidavits. These "under oath affidavits" would have to come from your pastor (family/community), social services (family), employer (civilian employment), community leader (community involvement), etc. The Standby Reserve option would be your best bet, but not guaranteed for approval.
Either way, you're looking at losing rank. Your chances of getting IRR or Standby Reserve are slim based on what you told me. One exception, of course, is what I listed above for the Standby Reserve. Refusing a TPU to TPU transfer, with rank loss? The approval chain all the way to Brigade is not going to see this as a dire situation for you. If it were, you would be willing to receive the rank reduction to transfer to another TPU.
However, as you guys get closer to deployment, they're going to be less likely to transfer you out.
Meaning, unless you're assigned to rear detachment, you're going to be deploying. This should bring in Family Separation Allowance and Basic Allowance for Quarters.
To sum what I said above, your two choices, neither of which are convenient...
1. Deploy (most likely future) ...
2. Transfer to another TPU with rank loss.
Whether you like it or not, this is what you're facing.
I just went through the career history that you listed. Based on what I've seen, you definitely want to go on that deployment and keep your rank. Full details on why...
Assuming that you have 16 or 17 total years, you'd want to receive at least 50 retirement points each ready reserve year in order for those years to count towards retirement. You'll need at least 20 good years for retirement in order for HRC to issue you a notice of eligibility letter. You'll need this letter to transfer to the Retired Reserve as a gray area retiree... Waiting to be paid your retirement check later on.
Do you want your IRR, or Standby Reserve Active Status List years to count for retirement?
You get 15 free points if you're TPU, IMA, or IRR. You get 15 gratuitous points for being in the ready reserve. If you don't get at least 50 points, that year will not count towards retirement.
This means that if you go into the IRR or Standby Reserve, you'd have to apply to be attached to a unit. You'd be able to drill for points, but not for pay, in order to make up for the difference. Keep in mind that you'd be doing this with a reduced rank.
Going to another TPU would make it easier for you to get at least 50 retirement points for a year to count towards retirement.
This deployment would add another 365 retirement points to your credit. Your retirement check is going to be based on a formula that takes your entire retirement point counter... Divided by 360. The more points you accumulate, the bigger your monthly retirement check.
So, it's looking like going on this deployment, and serving the entire deployment, is the best option for you in the long term.
NOTE: His above reply showed that he was starting to see the futility of a transfer. However, he was still looking for an out. He still did not want to give up a lucrative civilian job and family life. This pending activation made that less likely. So, although he was starting to see reality; he still held out hope. My response was designed to drive reality home.
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