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Item: Name of option

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Item: Description of option

Comment: Guarantees to qualified Soldiers

a. Attendance at an available service school of choice for PMOS, SQI, ASI or language training.

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Item: Reenlistment period

Comment: Qualified Soldiers, SSG and below, with less than 10 years of AFS on date of discharge may reenlist for 4, 5, or 6 or years. Subsequent extension is required if the reenlistment term does not meet or exceed the service remaining requirement for the specific school/training as required by DA Pam 351-4.

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Item: Prerequisites

a. Must meet eligibility criteria and reenlist in the time frame prescribed in chapter 3 with or without waiver(s) of disqualification(s).

b. Possess a physical profile equal to or higher than (all factors) the physical profile for the desired MOS per DA PAM 611-21.

c. (Policy Message 07-01) Career Counselors must ensure that Soldiers reenlisting for E-3 meet all prerequisites IAW the RETAIN MINQUALS, DA Pam 611-21, and the ATRRS course catalog at http://www.atrrs.army.mil/atrrscc/

d. In a pay grade that does not exceed the authorized pay grade for the requested three-character MOS per DA PAM 611-21.

e. Possess required security clearances before departing the losing installation. If the required security clearance is not awarded, the Soldier will not depart the losing installation. Notify CG, HRC, ATTN: AHRC-EPF-R-R, immediately and they will issue further instructions. Failure to qualify for required clearances is cause for cancellation of the option, even if discovered after the Soldier’s reenlistment. (In cases where the selected training requires a higher security clearance than the Soldier holds, caution must be used when requesting a class start date to ensure sufficient time to secure the required clearance prior to the Soldier’s departure from the losing installation.)

f. Meet any other special requirements for the school course selected.

g. Soldiers requesting airborne training must also meet requirements of AR 614-200, chapter 5, and currently possess, or request training in, an airborne-shortage MOS.

h. Soldiers who possess an overage MOS and desire airborne training, may request retraining in one of the MOS’s listed in the appropriate RETAIN message. Soldiers desiring retraining into a MOS that is an airborne-shortage MOS but is over-strength worldwide, must complete a statement acknowledging the requirement to remain on jump status at least 24 months after completion of airborne training or be reclassified and reassigned according to the needs of the Army.

i. Soldiers requesting retraining in conjunction with assignment to an airborne unit must successfully complete airborne training before attending the MOS producing school course.

j. Eligibility. (Policy Message 07-02)

Item: Option Information

Comment: Soldier must understand--

a. The requested course purpose, scope, and prerequisites, as outlined in DA Pam 351-4, and a review of the MOS description in DA PAM 611-21.

b. If relieved from the school course for academic deficiency, disciplinary reasons, or failure to retain the required security clearance, he or she will be reassigned according to the needs of the Army and must complete the term for which reenlisted.

c. If the Soldier becomes disqualified after reenlistment and before starting the course for which reenlisted, he or she will be reassigned according to the needs of the Army.

d. If reenlisting for PMOS retraining, which will re-designate their PMOS, then upon successful completion of training, he or she will lose their entitlement to the Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) unless participating in the Bonus Extension and Retraining program (BEAR).

e. If a change in the Soldier’s rank or PMOS occurs before movement to the course, confirmation of attendance must be made. If the Soldier is no longer eligible for course attendance or assignment because of change in rank or PMOS, the Soldier will be assigned according to the needs of the Army.

f. If the course for which he or she reenlisted is discontinued before, or during attendance, or if he or she is later medically disqualified for the course, he or she will be given a chance to select another course for which he or she is qualified and for which quotas are available.

g. Reenlistment will be accomplished and all required personnel records updated before the Soldier departs the installation where he or she reenlisted. Transmit personnel records according to AR 640-10.

h. Soldiers reenlisting for airborne training will also understand--

(1) AR 614-200, chapter 6.

(2) Airborne training will be in a TDY en route status.

(3) Failure to complete airborne training will result in reassignment according to the needs of the Army.

(4) When airborne training is successfully completed, he or she will receive SQI "P." The Soldier will be assigned in accordance with the needs of the Army. Those Soldiers reenlisting for retraining must also complete the MOS course before assignment to an airborne unit.

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Item: Option processing procedures

Comment:

a. Requests for MOS producing school will be made by RETAIN or by telephone to HRC, Retention Management Division (RMD).

b. Report all personnel information per applicable RETAIN and HRC messages.

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Item: Special processing for overseas commands

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Item: Statements required for reenlistment

Comment: DA Form 3286, Parts I through IV, for all applicants. Reenlistees will be assigned to the student detachment of the appropriate service school as follows:

a. If the school course is 20 weeks or more in duration, the Soldier will be assigned to the school in a PCS status.

b. If the school course is less than 20 weeks duration the Soldier will be assigned according to instructions from CG, HRC.  The personnel records custodian will obtain ultimate unit assignment from the Soldier’s new career management branch, HRC, before issuance of movement orders.