I have about 14 years in active duty and IRR time. I would like to resign my commission as a LT from the Navy. how do I go about doing this? I don't see any real benefit from staying in the IRR and my time of 8 years has been completed years ago. Please let me know who I should contact. i am not a drilling Reservist and have had no affiliation with the military for 3 years.

Any chance you could go back into one of the services so you could complete a career? Even if you went back enlisted you could really contribute. I know 2 that went from officer to enlisted and did great. Don't waste those years, man. Give it some thought. Bill

Lt just go to your nearest Naval unit and see someone in the JAG office. They will tighten you up..

14 years active and reserve combined? Why would you resign your commission. If you don't want to drill again, just stay in the IRR till you're eligible for retirement. Don't throw away the years you've already put in. Do your 20, and get payed.

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I don't see any real benefit from staying in the IRR and my time of 8 years has been completed years ago.

There are several benefits that come to mind,

the opportunity to continue Serving,

the benefits you will receive from Serving

proud of the Service you represent for your Nation.

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Originally posted by MN2*****:
14 years active and reserve combined? Why would you resign your commission. If you don't want to drill again, just stay in the IRR till you're eligible for retirement. Don't throw away the years you've already put in. Do your 20, and get payed.

You have to have 20 "good" years to get retired pay once you reach age 60. Just being in IRR doesn't qualify for a good year. Didn't want the LT to get wrong idea. Benefit of resigning one's commission prevents one from being involuntarily recalled. Possibly not a big deal for a Navy person but major deal for an Infantry officer.

Put in your remaining time to get a good 20 years for retirement in the reserves.....any branch, Oficer or enlisted will do.

You've got too much vested into a retirement.....don't just give it away. At 20 years, you retire at your highest pay grade. And can collect at age 60.

There are other bennies at age 60 besides retirement pay. For one, there is TriCare Insurance.

The Younger YOU, has to look out for the older YOU and make sure that Older YOU has some change in his pocket in case he wants a couple of drinks once in a while.

By all means stay in and get your 20 good yrs, it will pay off in the long run.

But as far as Tri-Care, For all of you, Better check out the "NEW" Tri-Care effective 1 Oct 2007. For Guard and Reserves, with a family you will NOW pay 253 dollars per month, then your deductables after that. From what I can gather prior to that one paid around 38 dollars per month..Big jump, very big..

I turn 60 in Jan of 08 and will start drawing my pay as highest grade held..Retire for the last time in 1994. Its been awhile, but chit it was worth it.

But Tri-Care to me is a joke..I am keeping my Federal government health insurance (also retire from there) I pay 200 a month for Blue Cross Blue Sheild..Cheaper the Tri-Care.

The military folks get screw again with health care and we ALL can thank Slick Willie for that.

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Originally posted by dman1948:
By all means stay in and get your 20 good yrs, it will pay off in the long run.

But as far as Tri-Care, For all of you, Better check out the "NEW" Tri-Care effective 1 Oct 2007. For Guard and Reserves, with a family you will NOW pay 253 dollars per month, then your deductables after that. From what I can gather prior to that one paid around 38 dollars per month..Big jump, very big..

I turn 60 in Jan of 08 and will start drawing my pay as highest grade held..Retire for the last time in 1994. Its been awhile, but chit it was worth it.

But Tri-Care to me is a joke..I am keeping my Federal government health insurance (also retire from there) I pay 200 a month for Blue Cross Blue Sheild..Cheaper the Tri-Care.

The military folks get screw again with health care and we ALL can thank Slick Willie for that.

dman, At age 65, your TriCare becomes a supplement to your medicare for zero additional premium (TriCare for Life). Others will spend an additional monthly premium of $100.-$135. per month for a private sector Health Insurance supplement policy to get what you have earned. Also, TriCare for life has a prescription service that none of them can match.

there are many ways of earning reserve points towards retirement without being a TPU member. you can apply for annual training through the IRR, take corerspondence courses, etc... You may want to research this before making a decision!

I love how this forum has become emblematic for anyone trying to get away from the military.

The guy asks a simple question as to how to resign his commission (If you get any legitimate answers, New user 15626693, can you please forward to me?) and he gets one answer that isn’t helpful but at least tries to be and then a slew of brainwashed lifers trying tell him what he really wants or to do more research.

It’s as if the military has some sort of rewards program for current and retired SMs to retain people who, very obviously, want nothing to do with them.

-Un autre marche a regret-

Once upon a time back in the day, I completed my obligatory service, plus a year, then left - but through simple ignorance, did not resign my commission.

Flash-forward five years to when I decided to return to the military: had I resigned my commission, that would have been impossible at that time (post-VN RIF going on). But I did get back in and served another 15 years. My IRR years (3) did not count as "good" time for retirement credits, but they did count as time towards retired pay - a nice side benefit.

15 years after my first retirement, I returned to AD for 3+ years and am about to re-retire with 30 years.

Moral of the story: not resigning my commission cost me nothing and gained me a lot. If you just want to be rid of it, do it after contacting your nearest BUPERS or JAG; but if there's the slightest doubt, don't.

I don't know if you people noticed, but this guy originally posted this in September 2007.

Kinda late to be concerned about it now.

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