The Navy, re-enlistment and bonuses

So my husband cross rated so in order to do that he had to extend his contract. We did this fully assured by his PS at his last command that after he got his new rate he should have no problem re-enlisting as soon as possible. Well now that we are out here his NC here is saying that he can't re-enlist til I think 2010. Well that would make his time in service somewhere around 7 years which pretty much ruins any chance of a decent re-enlistment bonus. Its just frustrating because the whole reason we made this move was because it made good sense career wise and financially and now they are pretty much saying that it won't happen. UGh so much for like 25,000 dollars right. Sorry just had to vent

That totally sucks! Does he have anything from his last command saying something about re-enlisting early?

I'm not sure if there is a paper trail, I think he may contact his PS from our last command and see if they had anything in writing re: the re-enlistment, extension thing. Its whatever, it sucks but not a whole lot we can do about it :)

That would be a good idea......hopefully they will have something for you guys! Gotta love the navy......they always manage to mess something up! I hope that everything works out for you guys!

And sadly,this is why my husband is going Army.His EOS is August 9,2009,by midnight I will be an Army Wife.

He has been so screwed over by this command...that he doesn't even wanna chance it with a different ship,different base,different command,etc.

While I dont think the grass will be greener on the Armyside (I have heard some stories...),he feels he will be happier...so gotta go with what the boy wants...haha.

lol i feel ya we have been screwed over a few times, but if it made any sense it wouldn't be the U.S. military. But thanks I hope that everything works out too, that woulda made a really nice down payment on a house or something

ditto.

i hope you guys can get something in writing.

again sadly from my experience with having to fight the navy for BAH (even tho I was DEERS the day after we were married),I wont hold my breath for anything with them.My husband is still having to fight them on why we should be getting BAH...we have it now,but they've been threatening to take it away from us. :scratch:

UncleSamWifey wrote:

And sadly,this is why my husband is going Army.His EOS is August 9,2009,by midnight I will be an Army Wife.

He has been so screwed over by this command...that he doesn't even wanna chance it with a different ship,different base,different command,etc.

While I dont think the grass will be greener on the Armyside (I have heard some stories...),he feels he will be happier...so gotta go with what the boy wants...haha.

my hubby is going to army to. but he is going to do his shore duty then Army here we come. his ship has done him wrong and they people he works with are doing him wrong. he is just not happy.

asailorslove wrote:

UncleSamWifey wrote:

And sadly,this is why my husband is going Army.His EOS is August 9,2009,by midnight I will be an Army Wife.

He has been so screwed over by this command...that he doesn't even wanna chance it with a different ship,different base,different command,etc.

While I dont think the grass will be greener on the Armyside (I have heard some stories...),he feels he will be happier...so gotta go with what the boy wants...haha.

my hubby is going to army to. but he is going to do his shore duty then Army here we come. his ship has done him wrong and they people he works with are doing him wrong. he is just not happy.

yeah DH just doesnt want to continue with sitting around for 5 hours to polish door handles...that DRIVES HIM CRAAAAAAAZY.

So we're putting in for infantry,and hoping for Fort Bragg.How bout you guys?

Sorry hun! *Hugs*