My husband served 8 years in the Marine Corp. Two days before getting out, he got a DUI---very stupid, I know! He was given an honerable discharge with a RE Code 4. After filing the necessary paperwork to have the code changed, I found out that he was disciplined two other times which caused the board to concur with the code. After being out of the military for 6 months now, he is losing his mind because he loved his job. We learned that the Marine Corp and Army won't take him back. Can he join the National Guard with that code?

MEMORANDUM FOR the Recruiting & Retention Force of all States, Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands, Guam and the District of Columbia.
Subject: Suspension of all RE 4 Discharge Waivers

1. Effective 13 March 2009, all Prior Service RE 4 discharges are ineligible for enlistment into the Army National Guard. In addition to not allowing all Army RE 4 discharges, this SMOM now suspends eligibility for all U.S Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Coast Guard RE 4 discharges regardless of the Separation Program Designator (SPD) code which were allowed in the FY07 ECM, 1 Oct 2006, paragraph 2-26.

2. Requests for waivers will not be processed.

Do you know how long the suspension will be?