Army qustion

I believe he was mislead. Your contract can be written up for any number of years. My husband was thinking of transfering to army only a few months ago and it was still 3 year minimum contracts if anything I would think it may go back to 4 but not 5. I don't think there is much you can do unfortunately there are good and bad recruiters. My husband had a bad one who told him all sort of things trying to force him into a career field he did not want. So he went to another recruiter. He can go to legal aid on the base and get the facts on it and if that is true that this recruiter did this on purpose which they do do things like this because it helps them look good, then this recruiter needs to be investigated and should be pulled from the position. So if he's not really happy about the amount of time he signed up for it's really difficult when you start military training because then they think you just changed your mind after you experienced it a bit. I suggest he not make too many waves because of this speak to no one about it because it can come back on him. My husband ticked off the wrong guy once simply by knowing perceedures better than him and the guy made a good chunk of that entire time at that base was a nightmare. For your own knowledge you could find a number for a recruiter out of that same state. I would not give your sons name but just tell him your concern and see what he tells you on the minimum amount of time you can serve. Actually they don't want you to know this but you really can just say I want to enlist for only this amount of time and either deal or no deal. At least that's how it was at one point in time you could tell the recruiter either I sign up for only three years or I'm not signing up at all. My husband knew a guy who put it in his contract that if he got this basketball scholarship that the military had to let him end his contract with an honorable discharge. And that's what happened he got the scholarship and the military had to release him. There is a lot more they can put in that contract but they don't want to tell you that they want to bully you to go in their way. I hope your son enjoys the military life. It's been very rewarding for my husband.

It goes by the job. When my husband was in the Army Natioanl Guard he had to enlist for 9, 7 years active 2 years inactive (they changed the inactive for all the branches not that long ago). He recently went back into the military and had to enlist for 8, 5 years active, 3 inactive. The job he has the training from boot camp through his actual MOS school will take up 3-4 years fo that contract.We know people who only enlisted for 7, 4 years active, 3 inactive.

8 years!? oh wow..most people i know (including my dad) that enlisted only had 4 max. i wonder if maybe that's because he went directly to MP's? unless they changed the rules given the iraq thing..

i believe they have changed the rules, because of the lack of people signing up for hte military. my cousin, in iraq, was told that even after his term ends, he can be called up for another 3 years after he leaves. so basically, all terms have added 3 years. obama was supposed to change that, but we'll see..

I think a lot of the enlistement spans have changed over the years. I think for the most part because of all the middle east going on, not a lot of people are signing up. I think it was 6 years when I was in 3 active - 3 nonactive 0r you could go 4 active and 2 nonactive. Nonactive being a reserve status, at least that is what was offered to me some 20 years ago. I don't think you should do anything, your son is following a call. It might seem like a long time now because people have told you differently, but it's still his wish to serve. And on the other hand it is and always be a moms place to worry.

Wow that is along time. I am not sure how long, but I thought it was 4 years.